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SHOMER

1. Father (2 Kgs 12:21), or perhaps the Moabite mother (2 Chr 24:26), of Jehozabad, a royal servant, who, with Jozacar, conspired against and murdered Joash, king of Judah. Shimrith is the feminine form of Shomer. See Shimrith.

Show passage in OET: KI2 12:21

OET-RV KI2 12:21

21 His servants Yozavad (Shim’at’s son) and Yehozavad (Shomer’s son) struck him and he died, and they buried him in his ancestral tomb in the city of David, and his son Amatsyah replaced him as king.

OET-LV KI2 12:22

22  And_Yōzāⱱād/(Jozabad) the _son _of Shimeath and_Yəhōzāⱱād/(Jehozabad) the _son _of Shomer servants _of_his they_struck _him _down and_he/it _died and_people _buried DOM_him/it with ancestors _of_his in_the _city _of Dāvid and_ ʼAmaʦ^yāh son _of_his _he _became _king in_place _of _him.

Show passage in OET: CH2 24:26

OET-RV CH2 24:26

26 The ones who’d conspired to kill him were: Zavad (a son of the Amoni woman Shim’at) and Yehozavad (a son of the Moavi woman Shimrit).

OET-LV CH2 24:26

26 And_these are_the_ones _who_conspired on/upon/above_him/it Zāⱱād the _son _of Shimˊat the _ˊAmmōnī_woman and_Yəhōzāⱱād/(Jehozabad) the _son _of Shimrīt the _Mōʼāⱱite_woman.

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2. Alternate name for Shemer, Heber’s son, in 1 Chronicles 7:34. See Shemer #3.

Show passage in OET: CH1 7:34

OET-RV CH1 7:34

34 Shomer’s sons were Ahi, Rohagah, Yehubah, and Aram.

OET-LV CH1 7:34

34 And_the _sons of _Shemer were_ʼAḩī and and_Hubbah and_ʼArām.

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