Thematic Bible: An assassin of king joash
Thematic Bible
Zabad » An assassin of king joash
The conspirators included Shimeath the Ammonite's son Zabad and Shimrith the Moabite's son Jehozabad.
As soon as he had consolidated his royal authority, he executed the servants who had killed his father, the king, but he did not execute their children in obedience to what is written in the Law, the writings of Moses, where the LORD commanded, "Fathers are not to die because of what their children do, nor are children to die because of what their fathers do, but each person is to die for his own sins."
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Shimeath's son Jozacar and Shomer's son Jehozabad, his servants, attacked him and he died. They buried him alongside his ancestors in the City of David, and his son Amaziah became king to replace him.