je-hoi'-a-rib (yehoyaribh, "Yahweh pleads" or "contends"): A priest in Jerusalem (1Ch 9:10); the name occurs again in1Ch 24:7as the name of a family among. the 24 courses of priests = the family Joiarib (yoyaribh, same meaning as above,Ne 1:2,6), the head of which is Matrenai inNe 12:19. InNe 11:10we should probably read ""Jedaiah and Joiarib" for "Jedaiah the son of Joiarib" (compare1Ch 9:10). Jehoiarib = Joarib in 1 Macc 2:1.
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.