Topic
Rekem
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1884 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 31:8Smith
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
- Joshua 13:21Smith
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
- 1 Chronicles 2:43Smith
And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
- 1 Chronicles 2:44Smith
And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) (entry 2) · 4 references
- One of the five kings or chieftains of Midian slain by the Israelites. (Numbers 31:8; Joshua 13:21)
- One of the four sons of Hebron, and father of Shammai. (1 Chronicles 2:43,44)
Texts: Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.