Dictionary entry

SHOMER

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(keeper).

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