Bible Person

Rekem

Meaning: vain pictures; divers picture · Male · 2 cross references

This Rekem entry refers to a Judahite son of Hebron and father of Shammai, not to the Midianite king of the same name. He belongs to the clan history of Judah preserved in Chronicles. First appears in 1 Chr 2:43.1

AI summary: This Rekem matters because his cross references place him in a small but defined family unit within Judah's genealogical memory. The entry's value lies not in public action but in helping preserve the branching structure of a tribe whose internal lines mattered deeply to Chronicles. Taken together, the material presents this Rekem as a Judahite family figure within a remembered clan sequence.1