|Easton's Bible Dictionary| Gathered by the people, (Joshua
19:11; 21:34), a city "of Carmel" (12:22), i.e., on Carmel,
allotted with its suburbs to the Merarite Levites. It is the
modern Tell Kaimon, about 12 miles south-west of Nazareth, on
the south of the river Kishon. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
jok'-ne-am (yoqne`am): A royal city of the Canaanites taken by
Joshua and described as "in Carmel" (Joshua 12:22), in the
territory of Zebulun, and allotted to the Merarite Levites
(21:34). The border of Zebulun "reached to the brook that is
before Jokneam" (19:11). In 1 Kings 4:12 the name appears in the
King James Version where, with the Revised Version (British and
American), we should read "Jokmeam." Eusebius, Onomasticon
places it 6 Roman miles from Lejio (Lejjun) on the way to
Ptolemais (Acre). This points to Tell Kaimun, a striking mound
on the eastern slope of Mt. Carmel. To the East of it runs the
"torrent bed" of the Kishon. It stands about 300 ft. above the
valley to the North of it, and the sides