JEHOZABAD

(Je·hozʹa·bad) [Jehovah has bestowed].

1. The second of Obed-edom’s eight sons included among the sanctuary gatekeepers.—1 Chron. 26:1, 4, 5, 13, 15.

2. A Benjamite officer over 180,000 in King Jehoshaphat’s army.—2 Chron. 17:17, 18.

3. An accomplice in the slaying of King Jehoash of Judah. Jehozabad and Jozacar, servants of Jehoash, put the king to death on account of his murdering Jehoiada’s son Zechariah. They themselves were killed by Jehoash’s son and successor Amaziah. Jehozabad was the son of a Moabitess named Shimrith (likely the same as Shomer).—2 Ki. 12:20, 21; 2 Chron. 24:20-22, 25-27; 25:1, 3.