Person Old Testament
Shomer
Also known as Shimrith
Shomer (or Shimrith) was a Moabite woman, the mother of Jozabad (or Zabad), who was one of the assassins of King Joash of Judah. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at 2 Kings 12:21.
Why it matters. Moabite mother of an assassin of King Joash.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shomer
Shomer (or Shimrith) is mentioned in 2Ki.12.21 and 2Ch.24.26 as the mother of Jozabad (or Zabad), one of the servants who conspired against King Joash of Judah and assassinated him. Shomer is described as a Moabite woman, indicating that she was a foreigner. Her son, along with another servant named Jehozabad, killed Joash while he was staying at the house of Millo. The assassination was motivated by revenge for the execution of the prophet Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada, who had criticized Joash for abandoning the worship of God. The text does not provide any further details about Shomer's life or her role in the events surrounding her son's actions.
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
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.
- Children
- Jehozabad
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.