Shallum the son of Jabesh; one of his chief captains. Before the people openly and impudently; which he presumed to do, either because he remembered that the promise of the kingdom made to Jehu was confined to the fourth generation, 2 Kings 10:30, which he observed to be now expired; or because he perceived that the people were generally disaffected to their king, and favourable to his attempt.
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2 Kings 15:10
10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.