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(Heb.,
éåֹøָ
; Sept.
É᾿ùñÜì
), prop. a shortened form of the name JEHORAM (q.v.), for which it is indifferently used in the Heb., and arbitrarily in the A.V., as the following classification shows:
a. The son of the king of Zobah (2Sa_8:10; Sept.
É᾿åääïõñÜì
; elsewhere called HADORAM).b. The king of Judah (2Ki_8:21; 2Ki_8:23-24; 2Ki_11:2; 1Ch_3:11; elsewhere Jehoram).
c. The king of Israel (2Ki_8:16; 2Ki_8:25; 2Ki_8:28 [twice], 2Ki_8:29 [twice]; 2Ki_9:14 [twice], 2Ki_9:15-16 [twice], 2Ki_9:29; incorrectly for Jehoram, 2Ki_9:17; 2Ki_9:21 [twice], 2Ki_9:22-23; elsewhere correctly so).
d. The Levite (1Ch_26:25, éֹøָ ). i.e. By error for JOZABAD (1Es_1:9).