Person Old Testament
Jehozabad
Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, was one of the servants who conspired against and killed King Joash of Judah. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at 2 Kings 12:21.
Why it matters. Son of Shomer, killed King Joash of Judah.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jehozabad
Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, was one of the servants who conspired against King Joash of Judah. Along with Jozabad, the son of Shimeath, Jehozabad murdered Joash in his bed as revenge for the execution of Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. The assassination took place at the house of Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla. Joash's son Amaziah succeeded him as king and executed the conspirators.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.