And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
Ver. 10. And slew him, and reigned in his stead.] After whose death followed these direful calamities foretold by the prophet Amos. 2Ki 7:9 Never did the kingdom of Israel so flourish as under this king's father - viz., Jeroboam II. The greatest prosperity is oft followed by the greatest misery. Periculosa est, secundum Hippocratem, summe bona corporis valetudo.