Meaning
1. An Asherite, (1Chronicles 7:32) also called Shamer. ver. (1Chronicles 7:34)
2. The father (mother ?) of Jehozabad who slew King Joash. (2Kings 12:21) In the parallel passage in (2Chronicles 24:26) the name is converted into the feminine form Shimrith, who is further described as a Moabitess. [SHIMRITH ] (B.C. 839.)