Jabesh
Male
The father of Shallum (2 Kings 15:10, 13, 14), who usurped the throne of Israel on the death of Zachariah.
Relationships
Children Shallum
Key verses
2 Kings 15:10
Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.
2 Kings 15:13
Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned for a month in Samaria.
2 Kings 15:14
Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him, and reigned in his place.