Jokim

Jokim is a name preserved in the Judahite genealogies of Chronicles, attached to the line of Shelah and to a cluster of figures associated with linen-working, pottery, and an old tradition of dominion in Moab.

A Descendant of Shelah

The genealogy opens by identifying the family head: "The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea" (1Ch 4:21).

Jokim then appears in the next clause, alongside an unusual remark about the antiquity of the source: "and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab. And they returned to Lehem. And the records are ancient" (1Ch 4:22). The notice that the records are ancient marks Jokim's generation as already remote when Chronicles was compiled.

The next verse closes the unit by describing the trades and dwellings of the same line: "These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work" (1Ch 4:23). The grouping locates Jokim's kin within Judah's craftsmen — linen-workers and royal potters whose service traced back to memorable but distant deeds in Moab.