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Shallumשַׁלֻּםsonבֶּןof Jabeshיָבֵשׁconspiredוַיִּקְשֹׁרagainst himעָלָיוand struck himוַיַּכֵּהוּbefore the peopleקָבָלְ עָםand put him to deathוַיְמִיתֵהוּand reignedוַיִּמְלֹךְin his place.תַּחְתָּיו
2 Kings 15:10
Study it in the app“Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him before the people and put him to death and reigned in his place.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 15:10, word by word
- Shallumשַׁלֻּםshalum
Shallum
Shallum: a name meaning "recompense," borne by many men: the king of Israel who reigned one month (2 Kings 15:10-15), the husband of the prophetess Huldah (2 Kings 22:14), a son of King Josiah (Jeremiah 22:11) and others.
Where else “shalum” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jabeshיָבֵשׁyavesh
Jabesh
Jabesh, a city of Gilead, east of the Jordan. Later King Saul delivered it from the sons of Ammon (1 Samuel 11). It is also the name of a man, the father of King Shallum (2 Kings 15:10).
Where else “yavesh” appears- conspiredיִּקְשֹׁרyikshor
conspire
To join secretly with others to bring down someone in authority.
Where else “yikshor” appears- and struck himיַּכֵּyake
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yake” appears- before the peopleקָבָלְkaval
before, in front of
A rare word meaning "before, in the presence of." In 2 Kings 15:10 Shallum struck the king "before the people"; the Hebrew form is doubtful.
Where else “kaval” appears- before the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and put him to deathיְמִיתֵyemite
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “yemite” appears- and reignedיִּמְלֹךְyimloch
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimloch” appears
Translation note
“Before the people” translates an infrequent Hebrew expression of doubtful form.
The context
9He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, as his fathers had done; he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin.
10 · This verse (above)
11The rest of the acts of Zechariah, there they are, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.