Jeroham in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

je-ro'-ham (yerocham, "may he be compassionate!"): (1) An Ephraimite, the father of Elkanah, and grandfather of Samuel (1 Sam 1:1; 1 Ch 6:27,34 (Hebrew 12,19)): Jerahmeel is the name in Septuagint, Codex Vaticanus, in 1 Samuel and in Septuagint, L and manuscripts, in 1 Chronicles. (2) A Benjamite (1 Ch 8:27), apparently = JEREMOTH, (2) (compare 8:14), and probably the same as he of 1 Ch 9:8. (3) Ancestor of a priest in Jerusalem (1 Ch 9:12 = Neh 11:12). (4) A man of Gedor, father of two of David's Benjamite recruits at Ziklag, though Gedor might be a town in Southern Judah (1 Ch 12:7 (Hebrew 8)). (5) Father of Azarel, David's tribal chief over Dan (1 Ch 27:22). (6) Father of Azariah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada in overthrowing Queen Athaliah (2 Ch 23:1). David Francis Roberts