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A shocked Samaria crowd recoils as Shallum's faction seizes the royal dais; a fallen circlet and guards imply the killing without graphic injury.
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2 Kings 15:10

Shallum's conspiracy

Crowns in a Fractured Land · 2 Kings 15

Story guide: Shallum kills Zechariah before the people and takes the throne.

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10Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him down before the people, and put him to death and reigned in his place.

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