Bible Person
Meaning: dowry; endowed · Male · 2 cross references
This Zabad entry refers to one of the conspirators who assassinate Joash, not to the Judahite genealogical figure of the same name. He belongs to the grim court politics that end a king's reign in violence. First appears in 2 Kgs 12:21.1
AI summary: This Zabad matters because his cross references place him at the center of the conspiracy that brings Joash's rule to a bloody close. The record gives the plot a personal shape by preserving the conspirators' names and family background. Taken together, the material presents this Zabad as a named agent in the violent collapse of Joash's reign.1
Central Figure
Zabad
Meaning: dowry; endowed
The son of Shemath.
The son of Shemath. He conspired against Joash, king of Judah, and slew him (2 Chr. 24:25, 26). He is called also Jozachar (2 Kings 12:21). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.