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.