Jehovah defends, a priest at Jerusalem, head of one of the sacerdotal courses (1 Chr. 9:10; 24:7). His “course” went up from Babylon after the Exile (Ezra 2:36-39; Neh. 7:39-42).
Jehoiarib
When the priests were sorted into their courses for the work of the temple, the first lot came out for Jehoiarib. First Chronicles 24 says so in a single line: “the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah.” The name appears again in a list of priests who lived in Jerusalem, in 1 Chronicles 9, and in Nehemiah 11 it is spelled Joiarib. There is no story told about the man himself. What the verses give is his place at the head of an ordered service, which gave each family its turn.
3 verses
1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 9:10
And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
1 Chronicles 24:7
Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
Nehemiah
Nehemiah 11:10
Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(whom Jehovah defends), head of the first of the twenty-four courses of priests. (1 Chronicles 24:7)