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Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
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A Brazen Assassination
Commentators unanimously highlight that this assassination was not a secret plot but a public spectacle. The phrase "before the people" indicates it happened openly. Scholars like Ellicott note this brazenness, in contrast to previous conspiracies, signals a new level of lawlessness and corruption in Israel.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Before the people - that is, openly and publicly. The Septuagint renders the original words as a proper name, Keblaam, and presents him as t…
19th Century
Anglican
Son of Jabesh. — Not a man of Jabesh Gilead, as Hitzig explains. The father’s name is always given in the case of usurper…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him A friend of his, as Josephus F17 calls him, encourage…
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