Zechariah of Israel
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| Zechariah | |
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| King of Israel | |
 Zechariah from "Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum" |
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| Reign | c. 753 - 752 B.C.E. |
| Full name | Zechariah ben Jeroboam |
| Died | 752 B.C.E. |
| Place of death | Kingdom of Israel |
| Predecessor | Jeroboam II |
| Successor | Shallum |
| Religious beliefs | Jewish |
For other people of the same name, see Zechariah (disambiguation).
Zechariah (spelled Zachariah in the KJV and Zacharias in the DRB; Hebrew: זכריה, meaning "remembered by the Lord"; Latin: Zacharias) was a king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel, and son of Jeroboam II.
Zechariah became king of Israel in Samaria in the thirty-eighth year of Azariah, king of Judah. (2 Kings 15:8) William F. Albright has dated his reign to 746 BC – 745 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 753 BC – 752 BC.[1]
The account of his reign is briefly told in 2 Kings (2 Kings 15:8-12). Zachariah ruled Israel for only six months before Shallum murdered him and took the throne. This ended the dynasty of Jehu after four generations of his descendants, fulfilling the prophecy in 2 Kings 10:30.
[edit] References
- ^ Edwin Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). ISBN 0-8254-3825-X, 9780825438257
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Zechariah of Israel
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| Preceded by Jeroboam II |
King of Israel 753 – 752 BC |
Succeeded by Shallum |
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