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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Shomer (Moabite living at the time of Divided Monarchy)

A Moabite woman, the mother of Jehozabad, one of the royal servants who killed King Joash of Judah. She is also called Shimrith.

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A Moabite woman, the mother of Jehozabad, one of the royal servants who killed King Joash of Judah. She is also called Shimrith.

Who this is

Two people carry this name in the Old Testament. One was the mother of Jehozabad, a royal servant who joined a conspiracy that killed King Joash of Judah; she is called a Moabite and also named Shimrith elsewhere (2 Kings 12:21; 2 Chronicles 24:26). The other was a man of the tribe of Asher, also called Shamer, listed among the heads of his clan (1 Chronicles 7:32, 34).

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H7763

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  • 2 Kings 12:21

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