Jarib

The name Jarib attaches to three different men in scripture: a son of Simeon listed in the Chronicler's tribal genealogy, one of the chief men summoned by Ezra at the river Ahava, and a priest among those who had married foreign wives in the post-exilic reform.

Son of Simeon

The Chronicler's listing of the Simeonite line includes Jarib among the heads: "The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul" (1Ch 4:24).

A Chief Among the Returnees

In the gathering at the river Ahava, Ezra calls together the chief men and teachers to find Levites for the temple service: "Then I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, who were teachers" (Ezra 8:16). This Jarib is named among the nine chief men, distinct from the teacher Joiarib in the same verse.

A Priest Who Had Married a Foreign Wife

In the list of those required to put away foreign wives, a priest named Jarib appears in the line of Jeshua the son of Jozadak: "And among the sons of the priests there were found that had married foreign women: [namely], of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah" (Ezra 10:18).