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JOKNEAM

(Heb. yoqnĕʿām)

A town allotted to the Levites of the clan of Merari on the western boundary of Zebulun (Josh. 19:11; 12:22). The king of Jokneam is said to have been killed by Joshua and the Israelites (Josh. 12:22).

As a royal Canaanite city, Jokneam appears in a topographical list of Thutmose III. Eusebius was unaware of the location of the site, although he knows of a Kammona corresponding to the locale (Onom. 116:21), probably the same as the Cyamon in Jdt. 7:3.

Jokneam is identified with Tel Yoqneʿam/Tell Qeimûn (1604.2289), situated at a point along the border of the Carmel range and the Jezreel Valley, 20 km. (12.5 mi.) SE of modern Haifa and 11 km. (7 mi.) NW of Megiddo. In Iron I successive Canaanite, Phoenician, and Philistine phases occupied the 4 ha. (10 a.) site, but Israelite occupation is not evident until Iron II, where a large fortified city is preserved. The site was occupied through the Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, and later periods as well.

Robert D. Miller, II






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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