Shomer
(keeper).
1. An Asherite, 1Ch 7:32 also called Shamer. ver. 1Ch 7:34
2. The father (mother ?) of Jehozabad who slew King Joash. 2Ki 12:21 In the parallel passage in 2Ch 24:26 the name is converted into the feminine form Shimrith, who is further described as a Moabitess. [SHIMRITH] (B.C. 839.)
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