Joram
“Jehovah is exalted (contracted from Jehoram)”
Summary
A contracted form of Jehoram meaning 'Jehovah is exalted,' used interchangeably with Jehoram for two kings (of Israel and Judah) as well as for other individuals.
☩King of Israel
Joram (also called Jehoram) was the son of Ahab and brother of Ahaziah who reigned over Israel for twelve years. Though he removed the pillar of Baal his father had made, he continued in the sins of Jeroboam. During his reign, Mesha king of Moab rebelled; Naaman the Syrian was healed of leprosy; the Syrian army was miraculously blinded and captured; and Samaria endured a terrible famine during a Syrian siege, relieved when God routed the enemy. He was killed by Jehu during that commander's purge of Ahab's house, his body thrown into the field of Naboth whose murder his parents had arranged.
☩King of Judah
Another Joram (Jehoram) was king of Judah, son of Jehoshaphat. His reign was marked by apostasy—he walked in the ways of the house of Ahab because he had married Ahab's daughter Athaliah. He murdered his own brothers to secure his throne, and Edom and Libnah revolted during his reign. The prophet Elijah sent him a letter pronouncing judgment, and he died of a terrible disease of the bowels as prophesied, unmourned by his people.
☩Other Individuals
The name Joram also belonged to a son of Toi, king of Hamath, whom his father sent with congratulations and gifts to David after his victory over Hadadezer; a Levite who was ancestor of certain temple servants; and a priest in the days of the high priest Joiakim.
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See Also
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Joram," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Joram," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. III (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.George Morrish, "Joram," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).