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Jokneam - location profile

Location and Setting

• Jokneam was located at the northwestern end of the Plain of Megiddo (Jezreel), seven miles north of Megiddo.
• The city was situated at the crossroads of two important routes: the road from Megiddo that ran northwest to the Plain of Acco, and the road from the Mediterranean coast, as it entered the Plain of Megiddo.
• Jokneam was a fortress city. It guarded the eastern terminus of the most northern and the deepest one of the three passes through the Carmel range, (Megiddo and Taanach were the others).

Historical and Biblical Significance

• Joshua defeated the king of Jokneam in his conquest of northern Canaan (Josh 12:34). Jokneam is listed in this summary of Joshua’s victories together with almost all of the major cities of the region. Its strategic position at the eastern end of a pass from the sea probably made it a prime military target.
• Jokneam was located in the tribal territory of Zebulon that controlled the Megiddo Plain (Josh 19:11). It was also designated as a Levitical city, thus making it an administrative center served by Levites.

Bibliography

1. Bimson, John J., ed. Baker Encyclopedia of Bible Places. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1995.
2. Hayden, R.E. "Jokneam". The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. Ed. Merrill C. Tenney. 5 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1976.
3. Lilley, J.P.U. "Jokneam, Jokmeam". The New Bible Dictionary. 2nd ed. Ed. J.D. Douglas. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1982.