Zachariah
Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and
he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's
name also [was] Abi, the daughter of Zachariah....
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In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did
Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six
months....
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And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they [are]
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel....
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zak-a-ri'-a (Zacharias; the King James Version, Zacharias):
(1) The son of Barachiah, who, Jesus says, was slain between
the temple and the altar (Mt 23:35; Lk 11:51). The allusion
seems to be to the murder of Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada (2
Ch 24:20 ff). In this case "Barachiah" would seem to be a
gloss which has crept into the text through ...
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-1. Son of Jeroboam, and the last of the household of Jehu
2Ki 10:30; 14:29; 15:8-12
-2. Grandfather of Hezekiah
2Ki 18:2; 2Ch 29:1...
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(remembered by Jehovah), or properly Zechariah.
1. Son of Jeroboam II., fourteenth king of Israel, and
the last of the house of Jehu. There is a difficulty about the
date of his reign. Most chronologers assume an interregnum of
eleven years between Jeroboam's death and Zachariah's
accession. The latter event took place B.C. 772-1. His reign
l...
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remembered by the Lord. (1.) Son of Jeroboam II., king of
Israel. On the death of his father there was an
interregnum of
ten years, at the end of which he succeeded to the
throne, which
he occupied only six months, having been put to death
by
Shallum, who usurped the throne. "He did that which
was evil in
the sight of the Lord, as his fath...
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("remembered by Jehovah".)
1. Son of Jeroboam II, fourteenth king of Israel. Last
of Jehu's line, according to the prophecy (2 Kings 10:30). Did
evil in the sight of Jehovah as his fathers, worshipping
Jeroboam's calves. Reigned only six months. Slain by the
conspirator Shallum (2 Kings 14:29; 2 Kings 15:8-10), 772 B.C.
(On the chronology of...
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