Person Old Testament
Jozacar
Also known as Jozacar =ESV, MT; Jozachar =KJV, LT, Zabad
Jozacar (or Zabad), along with Jehozabad, 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. One of the servants who killed King Joash
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jozacar
Jozacar, also known as Zabad, is mentioned in 2Ki.12.22 and 2Ch.24.26 as one of the servants who conspired against and killed King Joash of Judah. The context of the passage is the assassination of Joash and the succession of his son Amaziah (2Ki.12.20-21; 2Ch.24.25-27).
Jozacar, the son of Shimeath, along with Jehozabad, the son of Shomer, plotted against King Joash and struck him down at Beth-millo (2Ki.12.21; 2Ch.24.26). The reason for their conspiracy is not explicitly stated, but it may have been related to Joash's earlier abandonment of the Lord's ways and his ordering the execution of the priest Zechariah (2Ch.24.17-22).
After killing Joash, the servants buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings (2Ch.24.25). Joash's son Amaziah succeeded him as king (2Ki.12.21; 2Ch.24.27).
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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- Shimeath
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.