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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Jehoiarib (Levite living at the time of Exile and Return)
He headed the first of the twenty-four priestly divisions, and the division outlasted the exile. Mattathias and his sons, the Maccabees, traced their family to it.
First, in plain English
He headed the first of the twenty-four priestly divisions, and the division outlasted the exile. Mattathias and his sons, the Maccabees, traced their family to it.
Who this is
Jehoiarib was a priest in Jerusalem who headed the first of the twenty-four priestly divisions organized for temple service (1 Chronicles 9:10; 24:7). His course continued after the Babylonian exile, and the priestly family of Mattathias and his sons, the Maccabees, later traced its descent from this division.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H3080
Where it appears
- 1 Chronicles 9:10
