Shomer

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Sho'mer. (Keeper).

1. An Asherite,  1 Chronicles 7:32, also called Shamer .  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. (B.C. 839). See Shamer; Shimrith .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A man of Asher ( 1 Chronicles 7:32 ); called also Shamer (34).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Shomer'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/s/shomer.html. 1897.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Heber, of the tribe of Asher.  1 Chronicles 7:32 . Called SHAMERin  1 Chronicles 7:34 .

2. The parent of Jehozabad.   2 Kings 12:21 . Here the name is masculine, but perhaps the same is called SHIMRITH,a Moabitess, in  2 Chronicles 24:26 .

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. (See Shamer .)

2. Father of Jehozabad. Shimrith is given as the mother in  2 Chronicles 24:26. (See Shimrith Keil conjectures that Shomer is a transcriber's error from omitting -Th , or else that Shomer was grandfather of Jehozabad.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

SHOMER . 1 .   1 Chronicles 7:32 . See Shemer, No. 3 , 2.   2 Kings 12:21 . See Shimeath.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 2 Kings 12:21ShimrithShemer

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Shomer', שׁוֹמֵר , Keeper, as often; Sept. Σωμήρ v.r. Σαμήρ , etc.), a variation for the names of two Hebrews.

1. Second named of the three sons of Heber, an Asherite ( 1 Chronicles 7:32); called SHAMER (See Shamer) (q.v.) in  1 Chronicles 7:34, where his sons are enumerated.

2. The father 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 (See Shimrith) (q.v.), who is further described as a Moabitess. This variation may have originated in the dubious gender of the preceding name Shimeath, which is also made feminine by the chronicler. Others suppose that in Kings the father is named, and in Chronicles the mother.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

shō´mẽr ( שׁומר , shōmēr ):

(1) The father of one of the conspirators who killed Joash ( 2 Kings 12:21 ). See Shimeath .

(2) One of the sons of Heber of the tribe of Asher ( 1 Chronicles 7:32 ). See Shemer .