Shallum of Israel
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Shallum of Israel was the king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel, and the son of Jabesh
. He "conspired against Zachariah, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead" . He reigned only "a month of days in Samaria
" before Menahem
rose up, put him to death , and became king in his stead.
William F. Albright
has dated his reign to 745 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the date 752 BC.
Jabesh
Jabesh in the Bible is the name of the father of king Shallum of the northern kingdom of ten tribes....
. He "conspired against Zachariah, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead" . He reigned only "a month of days in Samaria
Samaria
Samaria, or the Shomron is a term used for a mountainous region roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank.- Etymology :...
" before Menahem
Menahem
Menahem, was a king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel. He was the son of Gadi, and the founder of the dynasty known as the House of Gadi or House of Menahem....
rose up, put him to death , and became king in his stead.
William F. Albright
William F. Albright
William Foxwell Albright was an American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist and expert on ceramics. From the early twentieth century until his death, he was the dean of biblical archaeologists and the universally acknowledged founder of the Biblical archaeology movement...
has dated his reign to 745 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the date 752 BC.