Person Old Testament
Jorkeam
Also known as Jorkeam =ESV, NIV; Jorkoam =KJV
Jorkeam was a descendant of Caleb or a town founded by Raham in the tribe of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 2:44.
Why it matters. A son or town founded by Raham
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jorkeam
Jorkeam is mentioned briefly in 1Ch.2.44 as one of the descendants of Caleb or a town founded by Raham his 'father'. Caleb was from the tribe of Judah and is known for his faithfulness to God during the Israelites' wilderness wanderings (Num.13.30; 14.24). In the genealogy of Judah recorded in 1Chronicles 2, Jorkeam is listed as the son of Raham or the town founded by him.
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
- Raham
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)