Dictionary entry

Joram

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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

(1) Son of Toi (or Tou, according to Septuagint, Codex Vaticanus, and1Ch 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 1:8Ioram).

(3) Same as Jehoram, king of Northern Israel (2Ki 8:29; compare2Ki 9:15the 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).