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Joiarib

post-exilic figure

Post-exilic figure named in Ezra and Nehemiah as either a leading man among those returning from Babylon or the head of a priestly family.

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The name Joiarib appears in both and among those who returned from exile. In Ezra 8, Joiarib is named among the leading men Ezra summoned to before the journey to . In Nehemiah 11 and 12, a Joiarib appears as the head of a priestly division or a leading priestly family among those resettled in Jerusalem. Whether these references point to a single individual or multiple men of the same name is uncertain; the biblical text presents him as a figure of some standing among the returned community.

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