Rekem

Mentioned in 1469 BC traditional (Jones)

One of the sons of Hebron (1 Chr. 2:43, 44).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father: Hebron
Child: Shammai
Siblings: Korah, Shema, Tappuah
Tagged in: 2 verses

The 30th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
Mentioned in the era of Egypt and the Exodus, 1706–1451 BC.
Named in the same verses as Shema, Hebron, Korah, Raham, Shammai, and Tappuah.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children; a button shows the grandchildren. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Places

Places named in the same verses as Rekem, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

possible location: Jorkeam1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1494–1444 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 2 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

2 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

1 Chronicles2

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Rekem 6
KJV	Rekem 5
ASV	Rekem 5

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Every verse

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1 Chronicles2 verses

2:43
The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
2:44
Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.