יוֹרָם

Detailed Definition

• 1son of king jehoshaphat of judah and himself king of judah for 8 years; his wife was the wicked athaliah who was probably the instigator for his returning the nation of judah to the worship of baal
• 2son of king ahab of the northern kingdom of israel and king of israel himself for 12 years; he was murdered by jehu on the plot of land for which his father had murdered naboth thus fulfilling the prophecy of elijah to the very letter
• 3a levite in the time of david and an ancestor of shelomith
• 4son of toi, king of hamath