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2Ki 15:10 King James And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Before the people - i. e. openly and publicly. The Septuagint turns the original of the above words into a proper name, Keblaam, and makes him the actual assassin, but without much ground.
 
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9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.