A Levitical town in the territory of Zebulun, near Mount Carmel; assigned to the clan of Merari.
About Jokneam
Royal Canaanite city belonging to Carmel (Jos 12:22), mentioned also by Thutmose III as “the Well of Q.” The border of Zebulun touched on the stream near Jokneam (19:11); the town became a Levitical city in Zebulun (21:34). Some think that Jokmeam of 1 Kings 4:12 should be amended to Jokneam, but this is not certain. Eusebius placed it six miles (9.7 kilometers) from Legio (beside Megiddo) on the way to Ptolemais. This is Tell Qaimun, at the mouth of Wadi Milh on the edge of the Jezreel Valley.
See also Levitical Cities.
Key References
Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.
All Scripture References (5)
Joshua (3)
the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
It went up westward to Maralah, reached Dabbesheth, and met the brook east of Jokneam.
This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,
1 Kings (1)
Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
1 Chronicles (1)
The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.