Ibri
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IBRI (PERSON) [Heb ˓ibrı̂ (עִבְרִי)]. One of the “remaining Levites” who, according to the Chronicler, casts lots before David, Zadok, and Ahimelek in order to receive his place among the levitical household leaders (1 Chr 24:27). Although only mentioned in 1 Chr 24:27, the Chronicler grants Ibri a levitical lineage as the son of Jaaziah, a descendant of Merari, along with his brothers, Shoham, Zaccur, and Beno (1 Chr 24:27). Although Liver (1968: 8. 29–32) believes that this list may have originated from an authentic source composed during the reign of David or Solomon, most commentators have attributed the list in which Ibri appears to a time later than the main composition of Chronicles, either to the late Persian period (Williamson 1979: 259–60, 265–68) or, more commonly, to the Maccabean era (Rudolph Chronikbücher HAT, 163–65). The style of the list, however, corresponds closely with the compositional techniques of the Chronicler. Ibri, a gentilic form meaning “a Hebrew” [Heb ˓ibrı̂], may represent the Chronicler’s notion of a suitable name for a levitical household leader in the reign of David.
Bibliography
Liver, J. 1968. Chapters in the History of Priests and Levites. Jerusalem (in Hebrew).
Williamson, H. G. M. 1979. The Origins of the Twenty-Four Priestly Courses, A Study of 1 Chronicles xxiii–xxvii. Pp. 251–68 in Studies in the Historical Books of the Old Testament, ed. J. A. Emerton. VTSup 30. Leiden.
John W. Wright
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (3:356). New York: Doubleday.
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IBRI Merarite Levite and Jaaziah’s son, who lived during David’s time (1 Chr 24:27).
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (623). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
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Ibri (Heb. ˓iḇrɩ̂)
The son of Jaaziah, a Merarite Levite whose position was determined by lot (1 Chr. 24:27).
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (624). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
