Bible Person
Meaning: memory of the Lord · Male · 3 cross references
This Zachariah entry refers to Zachariah son of Jeroboam II, the last ruler from Jehu's dynasty in the northern kingdom, not to the priestly martyr or the prophet Zechariah. He reigns only briefly before being assassinated. First appears in 2 Kgs 14:29.1
AI summary: This Zachariah matters because the cross references place him at the terminal point of Jehu's house and within the accelerating instability of Israel's final decades. His short, evil reign and violent death show how dynastic promise can end in collapse when covenant disobedience remains unchanged. Taken together, the material presents this Zachariah as a king whose fall marks both the end of a dynasty and the deepening disintegration of the northern kingdom.1
Central Figure
Zachariah
Meaning: memory of the Lord
Son of Jeroboam II., king of Israel.
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 fathers had done” (2 Kings 14:29; 15:8-12). In him the dynasty of Jehu came to an end. 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.