Joram

Easton's Dictionary

=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 Dictionary

(whom Jehovah has exalted).

Son of Ahab king of Israel. (2 Kings 8:16,25,28,29; 9:14,17,21-23,29) [Jehoram, 1] 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] A priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 17:8) A Levite, ancestor of Shelomith, in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 26:25) Son of Toi king of Hamath. (2 Samuel 8:10) [Hadoram] 1 Esd. 1:9. [Josabad, 3]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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.

(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).