Jeremiah 22:10

"Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep sore for him that goeth away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. For thus saith Jehovah touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and went forth out of his place: He shall not return thither any more; but in the place where they have led him captive, there shall he die, and he shall see this land no more."

These words, of course, apply to the brief period following the usurpation of the throne from Shallum by the Egyptians who placed their vassal Jehoiachim on the throne and imposed a heavy tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold annually upon the people.

Shallum was the very last chance that Israel had to receive a decent king. Jehoiachim was a carbon copy of Manasseh. "He permitted pagan rites to flourish again, including even those of Egypt."[10] The next paragraph will speak of the heartless tyranny, selfishness, extravagance and insatiable greed of this evil ruler.

"Weep not for the dead ... but for him that goeth away ..." (Jeremiah 22:10). This meant "Do not weep for Josiah, but for Shallum." The latter was the last sad home for Judah.

Shallum was the first king of Israel to be deported and to die in exile.