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Jehoiarib (Hebrew:יְהוֹיָרִיבYehōyārîḇ, "Yahweh contends") was the head of a family ofpriests, which was made the first of the twenty-fourpriestly divisions organized byKing David (reigned c. 1000–962 BCE).(1 Chr.24:7)
In Jewish tradition, Jehoiarib was the priestly course[clarification needed] on duty when theSecond Temple was destroyed by the Roman Imperial army in the second week of the lunar monthAv, in 70 CE.[1]Meron, in Galilee, is presumed to have been settled by surviving members of the priestly stock Jehoiarib in the third-fourth centuries, since the town is mentioned as being affiliated with Jehoiarib, as inscribed in theCaesarea Inscription.[2] ATalmudic reference mentions the priestly course in derision for its role in the Temple's destruction: "Jehoiarib, a man of Meron, the town Masarbaye" (יהויריב גברה מירון קרתה מסרביי), meaning, by a play on words, "he delivered" (Hebrew:מסר =masar), "the [Holy] house" (Hebrew:בייתא =bayta) "unto the enemy" (Hebrew:לשנאייא =le-senāyya).[1]
There is no indication in theTanakh that Jehoiarib was High Priest; his name doesn't appear in the list of the Zadokite dynasty (1 Chr.5:30–40, 6:4–15 in other translations).
According toSeder Olam Zuta, he was one of the High Priests of Israel. He succeededJoash and was succeeded byJehoshaphat.
Jehoiarib doesn't appear on the High Priest list written byJosephus in hisAntiquities of the Jews. On that list, Joram is succeeded by Isus.[3]
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