Dictionaries :: Joram

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Joram:

=Jeho'ram. (1.) One of the kings of Israel (2Ki 8:16,25,28). He was the son of Ahab.

(2.) Jehoram, the son and successor of Jehoshaphat on the throne of Judah (2Ki 8:24).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Joram:

to cast; elevated

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Joram:

jo'-ram (yoram, "Yahweh is exalted"; compare JEHORAM):

(1) Son of Toi (or Tou, according to Septuagint, Codex Vaticanus, and 1Ch 18:9,10), sent by his father to greet David (2Sa 8:10) =" Hadoram" (1Ch 18:9,10) a form preferred by commentators in 2Sa also.

(2) Same as Jehoram, king of Judah (2Ki 8:21-24; 11:2; 1Ch 3:11; Mt 1:8 Ioram).

(3) Same as Jehoram, king of Northern Israel (2Ki 8:29; compare 2Ki 9:15 the Revised Version margin).

(4) (In form yoram): A Levite (1Ch 26:25).

(5) (Ioram, 1 Esdras 1:9) =" Jozabad" (2Ch 35:9); see JOZABAD (4).

Nave's Topical Bible

Joram: 1. A Son of Toi

2Sa 8:9, 10

Called HADORAM,

1Ch 18:10.

Joram: 2. Called also Jehoram

King of Israel,

2Ki 1:17; 3:1.

King of Syria sends Naaman to, so that Namaan may be healed of his leprosy,

2Ki 5:1-27.

Has war with the king of Syria,

2Ki 6:8-23; 7; 8:28, 29; 2Ch 22:5, 6.

Inquires for the particulars concerning Elisha's miracles,

2Ki 8:4, 5.

Killed by Jehu,

2Ki 9:14-26.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Joram:

(whom Jehovah has exalted).

(1.) Son of Ahab king of Israel (2 Kings 8:16; 8:25; 8:28-29; 9:14; 9:17; 9:21-23; 9:29). SEE [JEHORAM, 1.].

(2.) Son of Jehosphaphat; king of Judah (2 Kings 8:21; 8:23-24; 1 Chronicles 3:11; 2 Chronicles 22:5; 22:7; Matthew 1:8). SEE [JEHORAM, 2.].

(3.) A priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 17:8).

(4.) A Levite, ancestor of Shelomith, in the time of David (1 Chronicles 26:25).

(5.) Son of Toi king of Hamath (2 Samuel 8:10). SEE [HADORAM].

(6.) 1 Esdras 1:9.