SHIMRITH

shim'-rith (shimrith, "guard," feminine): A Moabitess, the mother of Jehozabad, one of those that conspired against King Joash (2 Chronicles 24:26). Elsewhere (2 Kings 12:21) Jehozabad is described as the son of SHOMER (which see), the same name without the feminine ending.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.