The burial denial — the final dishonor — 'His name was Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonite woman, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabite woman, and Johanan the son of Jehoiada was on the side of the priests' (וזבד בן שׁמעית העמנית יהוזבד בן שׁמרית המואבית קטלוהו). The assassination is executed by servants with foreign maternal lineage (Ammonite and Moabite), suggesting that the servants themselves lack full loyalty to the Davidic line. The conspirators represent the margins of the kingdom's population. The phrase 'Johanan the son of Jehoiada was on the side of the priests' (ויהוחנן בן יהוידע היה עם הכהנים) suggests that priestly interests support the conspiracy as compensation for Zechariah's murder.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

Publish a note on this verse