Person Old Testament
Jekamiah
Also known as Jekamiah =ESV, NIV; Jecamiah =KJV
Jekamiah was a descendant of Jeconiah and a descendant of David, as recorded in the genealogy in 1 Chronicles. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 3:18.
Why it matters. Descendant of Jeconiah, a descendant of David.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jekamiah
Jekamiah is mentioned in the genealogy of David in 1 Chronicles. He was one of the descendant of Jeconiah (also known as Jehoiachin), the king of Judah who was taken captive by the Babylonians. Jekamiah is listed among the descendants of David after the exile, indicating that the royal lineage continued even during the captivity.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Shealtiel (?)
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)