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    15 others in the registry answer to the name Shallum. Every Shallum in the Bible

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    Shallum

    שַׁלּוּם

    Shallum, son of Jabesh, conspired against Zechariah, king of Israel, assassinated him, and succeeded him as king, reigning for one month.

    verses
    4
    first named
    2 Kings 15:10
    last named
    2 Kings 15:15
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Israel

    Description

    Who was Shallum?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Shallum, mentioned in 2Ki.15.10-15, was the son of Jabesh who became the king of Israel after conspiring against and assassinating Zechariah, the previous king. Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam II, had reigned over Israel for only six months before Shallum killed him and took the throne. Shallum's reign, however, was short-lived, lasting only one month. Menahem, the son of Gadi, rose up against Shallum, attacked and killed him in Samaria, and succeeded him as king. The conspiracy and assassination carried out by Shallum reflect the political instability and violence that characterized the later years of the northern kingdom of Israel. Shallum's brief reign and his own demise demonstrate the tumultuous nature of the monarchy during this period.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Shallum7 of 7 entities the graph connects to Shallum, in 3 groups: kinship 1, company 2, events 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.JabeshChild of · 3 versesKinshipMenahem’s reignTook part in · 3 versesShallum’s reignTook part in · 2 versesCompanySamaria2 events · 124 versesMenahem2 events · 8 versesUzziah’s reign1 event · 6 versesZechariah3 events · 3 versesEventsShallum

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    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Shallum happensThe one place the claims about Shallum reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Samaria. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Shallum there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Samaria
    Divided MonarchyThe one place the claims about Shallum reach

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 1 book.

    1. 2 Kings4 verses

      15:1015:1315:1415:15

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    via Menahem’s reign and Shallum’s reignReignReign is a concept gathering 158 labelled instances in the text.via Menahem’s reign and Shallum’s reignSamariaCapital city of the northern kingdom of Israel; Samaritan inhabitantsvia Menahem’s reignMenahemKing of Israel who reigned for ten years.via Shallum’s reignZechariahLast king of the northern kingdom of Israel

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