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Joiarib - (whom Jehovah defends.)

1. A layman who returned form Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 8:16) (B.C. 459.)

2. The founder of one of the courses of priests, elsewhere called in full Jehoiarib. (Nehemiah 12:6,19)

3. A Shilonite--i.e. probably a descendant of Shelah the son of Judah. (Nehemiah 11:5) (B.C. before 536.)
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