| − | [[Shallum]] ([[Hebrew]] '''שלום בן יבש''', retribution) (r. 772 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 568-570</ref> or 752 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), p. 278</ref>) was the fifteenth king of the [[Northern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]].<ref name=Bible>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=15|verses=13-15}}</ref> He held that position for one month only. The only king that had a shorter reign was [[Zimri]].
| + | '''Shallum''' ([[Hebrew]] '''שלום בן יבש''', retribution) (r. 772 BC according to [[James Ussher|Ussher]],<ref name=Ussher>[[James Ussher]], ''[[The Annals of the World]]'', [[Larry Pierce]], ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003 (ISBN 0890513600), pghh. 568-570</ref> or 752 BC according to [[Edwin R. Thiele|Thiele]]<ref name=Wood>Leon J. Wood, ''A Survey of Israel's History'', rev. ed. David O'Brien, Grand Rapids, MI: Academie Books, 1986 (ISBN 031034770X), p. 278</ref>) was the fifteenth king of the [[Northern Kingdom]] of [[Israel]].<ref name=Bible>{{Bible ref|book=II_Kings|chap=15|verses=13-15}}</ref> He held that position for one month only. The only king that had a shorter reign was [[Zimri]]. |
| − | A general named [[Menahem]] marched to [[Samaria]] from [[Tirzah]] and killed Shallum, along with many other people.<ref name=WebBible/><ref name=Bible/> This happened in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of [[Uzziah]] of the [[Southern Kingdom]],<ref name=Bible/> as Ussher<ref name=Ussher/> attests and which Thiele<ref name=Wood/> does not dispute. | + | A general named [[Menahem]] marched to [[Samaria]] from [[Tirzah]] and killed Shallum, along with many other people.<ref name=Bible/><ref name=WebBible/> This happened in the thirty-ninth year of the reign of [[Uzziah]] of the [[Southern Kingdom]],<ref name=Bible/> as Ussher<ref name=Ussher/> attests and which Thiele<ref name=Wood/> does not dispute. |