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Joram

35 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references

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

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

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 19 references
(whom Jehovah has exalted).
  1. Son of Ahab king of Israel. (2 Kings 8:16,25,28,29; 9:14,17,21-23,29) [JEHORAM, 1]
  2. Son of Jehosphaphat; king of Judah. (2 Kings 8:21,23,24; 1 Chronicles 3:11; 2 Chronicles 22:5,7; Matthew 1:8) [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) [HADORAM]
  6. 1 Esd. 1:9. [JOSABAD, 3]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 14 references

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).

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 15 references, grouped by sub-topic

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.

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