2 Kings 15:13

“Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah, etc.] The same with Azariah: he is sometimes called by one name, and sometimes by the other, (see <121421>2 Kings 14:21), and he reigned a full month in Samaria: and no longer; so soon were the conspiracy against his sovereign, and the murder of him, punished.”

“Shallum . . . reigned a full month--He was opposed and slain by Menahem, who, according to JOSEPHUS, was commander of the forces, which, on the report of the king's murder, were besieging Tirzah, a town twelve miles east of Samaria, and formerly a seat of the kings of Israel. Raising the siege, he marched directly against the usurper, slew him, and reigned in his stead.”

“Full moon - That dominion seldom lasts long, which is founded in blood and falsehood. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 15:30”

“15:13 Jabesh, which lay east of the Jordan in northern Gilead, might have been the hometown of Shallum, whose reign was even shorter than Zechariah’s. Shallum was assassinated, as he had done to Zechariah (15:10).”

“am 3232, bc 772 Uzziah: Kg2 15:1, Azariah, Mat 1:8, Mat 1:9, Ozias a full month: Heb. a month of days, Kg1 16:15; Job 20:15; Psa 55:23; Pro 28:2, Pro 28:17 4 Kings (2 Kings) 15:14”

“Reign of Shallum. - Shallum reigned only a full month (ירח־ימים, as in Deu 21:13; see at Gen 29:14). Menahem the son of Gadi then made war upon him from Tirzah; and by him he was smitten and slain. Menahem must have been a general or the commander-in-chief, as Josephus affirms. As soon as he became king he smote Tiphsach, - i.e., Thapsacus on the Euphrates, which has long since entirely disappeared, probably to be sought for in the neighbourhood of the present Rakka, by the ford of el Hamman, the north-eastern border city of the Israelitish kingdom in the time of Solomon ( Kg1 5:4), which came into the possession of the kingdom of Israel again when the ancient boundaries were restored by…”