Bible Dictionary
Jokmeam
Jokmeam was a town in the hill country of Ephraim assigned to the Kohathite Levites. Its precise location has not been identified; a related reading appears in 1 Kings 4:12.
Definition
Jokmeam was a town in the hill country of Ephraim assigned with its suburbs to the Kohathite Levites. Its exact location has not been identified.
Biblical Usage
Jokmeam appears in the list of Levitical cities and in a reference associated with places east of Ephraim. The King James Version uses “Jokneam” in the latter occurrence, while the supplied material identifies the reading as Jokmeam.
Historical Background
Jokmeam is named with Gezer and Beth-horon and is associated with the Jordan valley or a position east of Ephraim. No certain site has been found.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Gathering of the people, a city of Ephraim, which was given with its suburbs to the Levites (1 Chr. 6:68). It lay somewhere in the Jordan valley (1 Kings 4:12, R.V.; but in A.V. incorrectly “Jokneam”).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(gathered by the people), a city of Ephraim, given with its suburbs to a Kohathite Levites. (1 Chronicles 6:68) The situation of Jokmeam (in Authorized Version Jokneam) is to a certain extent indicated in (1 Kings 4:12) where it is named with places which we know to have been in the Jordan valley at the extreme east boundary of the tribe.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>jok'-me-am (yoqme`am): A town in Mt. Ephraim assigned to the Kohathite Levites (1Ch 6:68), named along with Gezer and Beth-horon. Its place is taken by Kibzaim in Jos 21:22 (in Septuagint here the name is omitted). It is mentioned again in 1Ki 4:12 (the King James Version wrongly "Jokneam"), where it seems to indicate some position to the East of Ephraim. So far no identification is possible.</p>