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109.Ezra Reads the Law to the PeopleGustave Doré

Jarib

יָרִיב/JAY-rib/

“Adversary or he contends”

Summary

A name meaning 'adversary' borne by a son of Simeon, a chief sent by Ezra to procure Levites, and a priest who divorced his foreign wife.

☩Son of Simeon

Jarib was a son of Simeon, elsewhere called Jachin. The variation in names between the genealogical lists suggests either scribal variation or the use of alternate family names.

Key verses:1 Chronicles 4:24Genesis 46:10

☩Chief Under Ezra

A Jarib was one of the leading men whom Ezra dispatched to Casiphia to procure Levites and temple servants to accompany the returning exiles to Jerusalem. This mission was necessary because no Levites had initially volunteered for the journey back to the homeland.

Key verses:Ezra 8:16

☩Priest Who Put Away Foreign Wife

Another Jarib was a priest of the family of Jeshua who had married a foreign wife and agreed to divorce her as part of Ezra's reforms to restore religious purity among the returned exiles.

Key verses:Ezra 10:18

Related Verses3 mentions

Ezra· 2 verses

8:1610:18

1 Chronicles· 1 verse

4:24

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Jarib," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.George Morrish, "Jarib," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
  3. 3.James Orr (ed.), "Jarib," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. III (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).