Rekem was one of the five kings of Midian who were killed by the Israelites at the Lord's command through Moses. He is also mentioned as a descendant of Caleb in the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles, but he is best known as one of the Midianite kings who fell in the war against Israel. The city of Rekem in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin may have been named after him or a namesake.
Key events
The War Against Midian
The Lord commanded Moses to wage war against the Midianites, who had led Israel into sin at Peor. Israel sent a thousand men from each tribe to fight.
6Moses sent them out to war, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the holy vessels and the trumpets for sounding the alarm.
21all the towns of the plateau and the entire kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the chiefs of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—princes allied with Sihon who lived in that land.