Dictionaries :: Jokneam

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jokneam:

gathered by the people, (Jos 19:11; 21:34), a city "of Carmel" (12:22), i.e., on Carmel, allotted with its suburbs to the Merarite Levites. It is the modern Tell Kaimon, about 12 miles south-west of Nazareth, on the south of the river Kishon.

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Jokneam:

possessing, or building up, of the people

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Jokneam:

jok'-ne-am (yoqne‘am): A royal city of the Canaanites taken by Joshua and described as "in Carmel" (Jos 12:22), in the territory of Zebulun, and allotted to the Merarite Levites (21:34). The border of Zebulun "reached to the brook that is before Jokneam" (19:11). In 1Ki 4:12 the name appears in the King James Version where, with the Revised Version (British and American), we should read "Jokmeam." Eusebius, Onomasticon places it 6 Roman miles from Lejio (Lejjun) on the way to Ptolemais (Acre). This points to Tell Kaimun, a striking mound on the eastern slope of Mt. Carmel. To the East of it runs the "torrent bed" of the Kishon. It stands about 300 ft. above the valley to the North of it, and the sides are steep. It is crowned by the ruins of an 18th-century fortress. A little lower down are the remains of a small chapel. There are fine springs at the foot (PEFM, II, 69 f). In Judith 7:3 it appears as "Cyamon" (Kuamon). It is the "Mons Cain" of the Middle Ages. "In the Samaritan Book of Judges it is noticed as the scene of a conflict between the Hebrews and the Giants; and Joshua is said to have been shut up here in magic walls of brass, till on sending a dove to the Hebrew king of Gilead, he was rescued" (Conder, HDB, under the word).

Written by W. Ewing

Nave's Topical Bible

Jokneam: A Levitical City of Zebulun

Jos 12:22; 19:11; 21:34

Jokneam: Reference Concerning

See JOKMEAM

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jokneam:

(possessed by the people) a city of the tribe of Zebulun, allotted with its suburbs to the Merarite Levites (Joshua 21:34). Its modern site is Tell Kaimon, an eminence which stands just below the eastern termination of Carmel.