A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.10;
son of: Toi (H8583); also called Hadoram at 1Ch.18.10;
Also named: ha.do.ram (הֲדוֹרָם "Hadoram" H1913)
§ Joram = "Jehovah is exalted"
1) son 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
2) son 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
3) a Levite in the time of David and an ancestor of Shelomith
4) son of Toi, king of Hamath