Dictionaries :: Shimrith

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Shimrith:

Shimron, same as Shimri

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Shimrith:

shim'-rith (shimrith, "guard," feminine): A Moabitess, the mother of Jehozabad, one of those that conspired against King Joash (2Ch 24:26). Elsewhere (2Ki 12:21) Jehozabad is described as the son of SHOMER (which see), the same name without the feminine ending.

Nave's Topical Bible

Shimrith: Definition Of

A Moabitess

Shimrith: Mother of Jehozabad

Murderer of King Joash,

2Ch 24:26.

Shimrith: Called Shomer

2Ki 12:21

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shimrith:

(feminine of Shimri, vigilant) a Moabitess, mother of Jehozabad, one of the assassins of King Joash (2 Chronicles 24:26). In 2 Kings 12:21, she is called SHOMER. (B.C. 839)