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Shallum שלום
The month-long king: he murdered Zechariah in public, ending the house of Yehu, and within a month of days was himself struck down in Shomron by Menachem. No parent edge: usurper, and usurped.
Who
- Hebrew
- שלום
- Also known as
- Shallum ben Yavesh
- Era
- bible
When
- Traditional
- c. 3134–3164 AM (reigned one month in 3164)
- Civil (computed)
- 3134–3164 AM · 627–597 BCE (trad.)
- Academic
- reigned c. 747 BCE (one month)
- Lifespan (traditional)
- ≈30 years
- Precision
- approximate
How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shallum ben Yavesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uziyah king of Yehudah, and reigned a month of days in Shomron; Menachem ben Gadi came up from Tirtzah, struck Shallum ben Yavesh in Shomron, killed him, and reigned in his place.
Directly stated in the cited source.
|
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| The placement (reigned one month in 3164 AM) is a schematic Mesorah Atlas reconstruction: the northern kings' regnal years stated in Kings are chained forward from the division of the kingdom in 2964 AM, with sub-year reigns counted as zero; the chain closes exactly at the fall of Shomron in 3205 AM (Chizkiyahu's sixth year, Melachim II 18:10). The cited source states the reign's length, not absolute dates.
The cited sources establish relative chronology or regnal duration; they do not state the absolute AM range.
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tradition reconstruction | ★★☆☆☆ |