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2 Kings 15:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned for a month in Samaria. "
2 Kings 15:13
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11 Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12 This was the LORD’s word which he spoke to Jehu, saying, “Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.” So it came to pass.
13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned for a month in Samaria.
14 Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, killed him, and reigned in his place.
15 Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
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2 Kings 15:1
"In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign."
2 Kings 15:2
"He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem."
2 Kings 15:3
"He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, according to all that his father Amaziah had done."
2 Kings 15:4
"However, the high places were not taken away. The people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places."
2 Kings 15:5
"The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and lived in a separate house. Jotham, the king’s son, was over the household, judging the people of the land."
2 Kings 15:6
"Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
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