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(Heb. Yokim', øåֹ÷ַéí , prob. a contraction of JOIAKIM; Sept. É᾿ùáêåßì v.r. É᾿ùáêßì , Vulg. paraphrases qui stare fecit solem), a person mentioned among the descendants of Shelah (his third son, according to Burrington), son of Judah (1Ch_4:22). B.C. prob. ante 588. SEE JASHUBI- LEHEM. "The Targum translates, 'and the prophets and scribes who came forth from the seed of Joshua.' The reading which that and the Vulg. had evidently was éָ÷ַéí , applied by some Rabbinical tradition to Joshua, and at the same time identifying Joash and Saraph, mentioned in the same verse, with Mahlon and Chilion. Jerome quotes a Hebrew legend that Jokim was Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, in whose days the sun stood still on account of the transgressors of the law (Quoest. Heb. in Paral.)"