page_title: Yokneam Moshava
section_title: Etymology
hierarchical_section_title: Yokneam Moshava / Etymology
caption_attribution_description: English: Crusader church at Tel Yokneam, Israel.
context_page_description: Yokneam is a moshava in Israel's Northern District, on the outskirts of the city of Yokneam Illit. Located on the border of the Jezreel Valley and the Menashe Heights, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Megiddo Regional Council and is administrated by a local committee which is elected every five years. In 2018 it had a population of 1,398.
context_section_description: Yokneam is named after a biblical city-state mentioned in Joshua 12:22:
  "The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one."
  Yokneam is also mentioned in Joshua 19:10–11 as one of the borders of the Tribe of Zebulun:
  "And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam.
caption: Tel Yokneam archaeological site.
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