Joiarib
(whom Jehovah defends.) + A layman who returned form Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 8:16) (B.C. 459.) + The founder of one of the courses of priests, elsewhere called in full [741]Jehoiarib. (Nehemiah 12:6,19) + A Shilonite--i.e. probably a descendant of Shelah the son of Judah. (Nehemiah 11:5) (B.C. before 536.)