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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.