2 Chronicles 24 · Verse 26

2 Chronicles 24:26

And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
2 Chronicles 24:26, King James Version

2 Chronicles 24:26 in other translations

BSBThose who conspired against Joash were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
WEBThese are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
ASVAnd these are they that conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
YLTAnd these are those conspiring against him, Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.
DARBYAnd these are they that conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
BBEThose who made designs against him were Zabad, the son of Shimeath, an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad, the son of Shimrith, a Moabite woman.
WebsterAnd these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

What does 2 Chronicles 24:26 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 These are they that conspired against him - The two persons here mentioned were certainly not Jews; the mother of one was an Ammonitess, and the mother of the other was a Moabitess. Who their fathers were we know not; they were probably foreigners and aliens. Some suppose that these persons were of the king's chamber, and therefore could have the easiest access to him. It has been, and is still, the folly of kings to have foreigners for their valets and most confidential servants, and they have often been the causes of murders and treacheries of different kinds. Foreigners should be banished from the person of the sovereign by strong and efficient laws: even in this country they have often been the cause of much political wo.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 24:15-27

See what a great judgment on any prince or people, the death of godly, zealous, useful men is. See how necessary it is that we act in religion from inward principle. Then the loss of a parent, a minister, or a friend, will not be losing our religion. Often both princes and inferior people have been flattered to their ruin. True grace alone will enable a man to bring forth fruit unto the end. Zechariah, the son of…

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2 Chronicles 24:26 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֵ֖לֶּהve.'E.lehand theseH428
הַמִּתְקַשְּׁרִ֣יםha.mit.ka.she.Rim[are] the [ones who] conspiredH7194
עָלָ֑יו'a.Lavon himH5921
זָבָ֗דza.VadZabadH2066
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
שִׁמְעָת֙shim.'AtShimeathH8100
הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֔יתha.'a.mo.Nitthe Ammonite [woman]H5984
וִיה֣וֹזָבָ֔דvi.Ho.za.Vadand JehozabadH3075
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
שִׁמְרִ֖יתshim.RitShimrithH8116
הַמּוֹאָבִֽית\׃ha.mo.'a.Vitthe Moabite [woman]H4125

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 24:26

  • 2 Kings 12:21

    For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Zabad. or, Jozachar.
2Ki 12:21
Shimrith. or, Shomer.

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 24:25

    And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:26

    And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:27

    Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

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2 Chronicles 24:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los que conspiraron contra él fueron Zabad, hijo de Simath Ammonita, y Jozabad, hijo de Simrith Moabita.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ce sont ici ceux qui conspirèrent contre lui: Zabad, fils de Shimhath, l’Ammonite, et Jozabad, fils de Shimrith, la Moabite.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und diese sind es, die eine Verschwörung wider ihn machten: Sabad, der Sohn Schimeaths, der Ammonitin, und Josabad, der Sohn Schimriths, der Moabitin. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Insidiati vero sunt ei Zabad filius Semaath Ammanitidis, et Jozabad filius Semmarith Moabitidis.