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King Zachariah or Zechariah (Hebrew: זכריה, Zeḵaryāh; "Remembered by YHWH") (r. 773-772 BC according to Ussher,^[1][2] or r. 753 according to Thiele^[3]) was the fourteenth king of the Kingdom of Israel and the last of the House of Jehu. He reigned for six months only and died from an act of murder.

Contents 1 Genealogy 2 Accession 3 Reign and Murder 4 See Also 5 References

Genealogy

		Nimshi
		Jehoshaphat
		Jehu
		Jehoahaz
		Joash
		Jeroboam II
		Zachariah

Accession

Zachariah was the next king after his father Jeroboam II. However, Ussher states that at the end of Jeroboam's reign, the kingdom had fallen into civil disorder, so that a twelve-year interregnum intervened between Jeroboam's death and Zachariah's succession. (Jones states that this interregnum actually ran for eleven years, to preserve the stated synchrony with the reign of Uzziah of Judah.^[2]) Thiele assumed that no interregnum took place and, furthermore, that Jeroboam II's viceroyalty with his father Joash ran concurrently with his reign. He then assumed that Uzziah's own reign began as a viceroyalty with his father Amaziah.

Both Ussher and Thiele agree with the Bible, which states that Zachariah came to the throne in the 38^th year of the reign of Uzziah.2_Kings 15:8

Reign and Murder

Zachariah House of Jehu Died: 1 Abib 3232 AM22 March 771 BC 1 Nisan 2989 He 1 Abib 3232 AM

InterregnumTitle last held byJeroboam II

King of Kingdom of Israel 1 Ethanim 3232 AM25 September 772 BC 1 Cheshvan 2989 He 1 Ethanim 3232 AM–1 Abib 3232 AM22 March 771 BC 1 Nisan 2989 He 1 Abib 3232 AM

Succeeded by Shallum

Zachariah reigned only six months, and then Shallum, whose tribal affiliation the Bible never specifies, killed him in public and took over his kingdom. Thus came the end of the House of Jehu, four generations after Jehu had reigned and died, exactly as the prophet Elisha had predicted.2_Kings 15:9-12

See Also

• Uzziah
• Biblical chronology dispute

References

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