²⁶And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad[¹] the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith[²] the Moabitess.
[¹] In 2 Kings xii. 12, Jozacar.
[²] In 2 Kings xii. 21, Shomer.
26. Zabad] In 2 Kings “Jozacar.” The difference between the names is not great in Hebrew.
Shimeath the Ammonitess ... Shimrith the Moabitess] In 2 Kings simply Shimeath and Shomer (no mention of their nationality being added). In Kings the names are masculines, Shimeath and Shomer being the fathers of the murderers. The Chronicler makes them out to be the mothers by altering Shomer to Shimrith (Shimeath already has a feminine termination); and by calling them respectively women of Ammon and Moab he casts increased obloquy upon the apostate Joash, the victim (so we are to surmise) of half-breed men whom presumably his foreign idolatries had encouraged to dwell in Jerusalem. At the same time the evil of foreign marriages is emphasised by the story.
²⁷Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon[¹] him, and the rebuilding[²] of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
[¹] Or, uttered against.
[²] Hebrew founding.
27. the burdens laid upon him] Render (with margin), the burdens (i.e. the prophetic rebukes) uttered against him. Compare verse 19. The Hebrew text of the first half of the verse is uncertain.
the commentary] Hebrew midrash. Compare Introduction, [§ 5].