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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Shimath
An Ammonite woman. Her son Jehozabad and another man killed King Joash of Judah in his bed, reportedly in revenge for the prophet Zechariah.
First, in plain English
An Ammonite woman. Her son Jehozabad and another man killed King Joash of Judah in his bed, reportedly in revenge for the prophet Zechariah.
Who this is
Shimath was an Ammonite woman whose son Jehozabad, along with an accomplice, assassinated King Joash of Judah in his bed, reportedly in revenge for Joash's earlier execution of the prophet Zechariah (2 Kings 12:21; 2 Chronicles 24:26). She is identified only through this connection to her son.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H8100
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 12:21
- 2 Chronicles 24:26
