| Zechariah | |
| Succession: | King of Israel (Northern Kingdom) |
| Reign: | (reigned 6 months) |
| Full Name: | Zechariah ben Jeroboam |
| Death Date: | 752 BC |
| Predecessor: | Jeroboam II |
| Father: | Jeroboam II |
Zechariah (he|זְכַרְיָה Zəḵaryā, meaning "remembered by Yah"; also Zachariah, Zacharias; la|Zacharias) was the fourteenth king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel, and son of Jeroboam II.
Zechariah became king of Israel in Samaria in the thirty-eighth year of Azariah, king of Judah. (Kings 15:8) William F. Albright has dated his reign to 746 BC - 745 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 753 BC - 752 BC.[1]
The account of his reign is briefly told in 2 Kings (Kings 15:8-12). According to the Bible, Zechariah did what was evil in the Lord's sight, as the previous kings of Israel since Jeroboam I had done. Zechariah ruled Israel for only six months before Shallum, a captain from his own army, murdered him and took the throne. This ended the dynasty of Jehu after four generations of his descendants, fulfilling the prophecy in Kings 10:30.