This document is about Jabesh (father of Shallum). For other homonyms, please refer to the Jabesh document.
Recorded only as the father of Shallum (King of Northern Israel).
2 Kings 15:10Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him down in public and reigned in his place.2 Kings 15:11As for the other events of Zechariah’s reign, they are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.2 Kings 15:12This was the word of the Lord proclaimed to Jehu: “Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.” And so it happened.2 Kings 15:13In the thirty-ninth year of Judah’s King Uzziah, Shallum son of Jabesh became king in Samaria and reigned one month.2 Kings 15:14Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, and there he attacked Shallum son of Jabesh and killed him, and reigned in his place.