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Shallumשַׁלּוּםsonבֶּןof Jabeshיָבֵישׁbecame kingמָלַךְin yearבִּשְׁנַתthirty-nineשְׁלֹשִׁים וָתֵשַׁע שָׁנָהof Uzziahלְעֻזִיָּהkingמֶלֶךְof Judah,יְהוּדָהand he reignedוַיִּמְלֹךְa full monthיֶרַח יָמִיםin Samaria.בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן
2 Kings 15:13
Study it in the app“Shallum son of Jabesh became king in year thirty-nine of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned a full month in Samaria.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Kings 15:13, word by word
- Shallumשַׁלּוּםshalum
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 Jabeshיָבֵישׁyavesh
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- became kingמָלַךְmalach
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malach” appears- in yearשְׁנַתshenat
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenat” appears- thirty-nineשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- thirty-nineתֵשַׁעtesha
nine
Nine; also "ninth".
Where else “tesha” appears- of Uzziahעֻזִיָּהuziya
Uzziah
Uzziah: a name meaning "my strength is YHWH." Another name of King Azariah of Judah (2 Kings 15:13, 30, 32; Isaiah 6:1); other men also bear it (1 Chronicles 6:24; Ezra 10:21).
Where else “uziya” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- a full monthיֶרַחyerach
month
Each of the twelve parts of the year, from new moon to new moon.
Where else “yerach” appears- a full monthיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshomron
Samaria
See it on the mapWhere else “shomron” appears
Translation note
“Uzziah” is another name of the same king Azariah (15:1); the Hebrew uses both in this chapter.
Places in this verse
Samaria
Today: northern West Bank (Sebastia, Samaria hills)
A city and region in central Israel, between Judea and Galilee.
Omri founded the city as capital of the northern kingdom (1 Kgs 16:24); the Assyrians conquered it (2 Kgs 17:6). Jesus passed through the region, and Philip preached there (John 4:4; Acts 8:5).
The context
12That was the word of YHWH that he spoke to Jehu, saying, “Sons of yours to the fourth generation will sit on the throne of Israel.” And so it was.
13 · This verse (above)
14Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and put him to death and reigned in his place.