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^(C1)In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria for six months.

He did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done; he did not desist from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, into which he misled Israel.

Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and ^(C1)struck him in the presence of the people and ^(F1)killed him, and reigned in his place.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

This is ^(C1)the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying, "Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel." And so it was.

Shallum the son of Jabesh became king in the ^(C1)thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned for ^(F1)one month in ^(C2)Samaria.

Then Menahem the son of Gadi went up from ^(C1)Tirzah and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him and became king in his place.

Now as for the rest of the acts of Shallum and his conspiracy which he formed, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.

Then Menahem attacked Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, because they did not open up to him; so he attacked it and ripped up ^(C1)all its women who were pregnant.