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Jehoiarib (Hebrew: יְהוֹיָרִיב Yehōyārîḇ, "Yahweh contends") was the head of a family of priests, which was made the first of the twenty-four priestly divisions organized by King David (reigned c. 1000–962 BCE).(1 Chr. 24:7)
In Jewish tradition, Jehoiarib was the priestly course[clarification needed] on duty when the Second Temple was destroyed by the Roman Imperial army in the second week of the lunar month Av, 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 the Caesarea Inscription.[2] A Talmudic 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]