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Shomer
Watchman. (1.) The mother of Jehozabad, who murdered Joash (2 Kgs 12:21); called also Shimrith, a Moabitess (2 Chr 24:26).
(2.) A man of Asher (1 Chr 7:32); called also Shamer (34).
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- 2 Kings 12:21 For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Chronicles 7:32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.