Old Testament
Jarib
A leading man in Ezra's time who helped gather Levites and later repented of marrying foreign wives.
Jarib was a prominent figure during the return from Babylonian exile. He assisted Ezra in recruiting Levites for temple service and was later identified among those who had taken foreign wives, subsequently committing to put them away in accordance with the law.
In the text
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 1
- First appears
- Ezra 8:16
- Last appears
- Ezra 10:18
Where Jarib appears
2 verses · 2 chaptersIn the same books
- Ezra25 versesA priest and scribe who led a group of exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem to restore the Law of God.
- Artaxerxes14 versesA Persian king who authorized the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls and supported Ezra's mission to Judea.
- Tobiah12 versesAn Ammonite official who vehemently opposed Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
- Haggai11 versesA post-exilic prophet who urged the returned exiles to prioritize rebuilding the temple of the Lord.
- Nehemiah7 versesA cupbearer to Artaxerxes who led the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls and restored the people's devotion to God.
- Ebed6 versesA name shared by a rebel leader in Shechem and a descendant of Adonikam who returned from Babylonian exile.
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