Bible Strands
2 Chronicles 24:26
Those who conspired against Joash were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records the specific identities of the traitors immediately after narrating Joash’s assassination by his own servants, closing the account of his reign.
The words — הַמִּתְקַשְּׁרִים (ha-mitkashsharim) = the ones who conspired, describing the coordinated rebellion of Joash’s own officials.
The thread — This assassination and the conspirators’ names parallel the account in 2 Kings 12:21, where the same officials strike down the king.
Why it lands — It demands the reader to recognize that the Chronicler preserves precise historical names to document how God’s judgment on the murder of Jehoiada’s son was executed through specific human agents.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 12:21 His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.