Before the people - that is, openly and publicly. The Septuagint renders the original words as a proper name, Keblaam, and presents him as t…

Son of Jabesh. — Not a man of Jabesh Gilead, as Hitzig explains. The father’s name is always given in the case of usurper…

And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him
A friend of his, as Josephus ^F17 calls him, encourage…

This history shows Israel in confusion. Though Judah was not without troubles, yet that kingdom was happy compared with the state of Israel. The im…