The son of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel according to the book of 1 Chronicles. Jamlech Jamlech is a figure who appears once in the Hebrew Bible, in list of kin group leaders in the Tribe of Simeon, who according to the Bible lived in the time of Hezekiah and exterminated the Meunim. JaphiaJaphia was the king of Lachish, one of the five kings of the Amorites whose battle against the settling Israelites led by Joshua is reported in . Along with the other four kings, he was subsequently found in a cave at Makkedah, where he was killed and buried by Joshua and his forces (). Jarah See Jehoaddah. meaning: honey, god gives honey, honeycomb, honeysuckle Jareb Jareb is a name which appears in Hosea 5:13 and 10:6 in some translations of the Bible. In both passages, the Hebrew text refers to a mlk yrb (KJV "King Jareb") in a way that implies that mlk yrb is the king of Assyria. However, no Assyrian king by the name of "Jareb" is known to history, which has led to a variety of conjectures about what the phrase refers to. According to W. F. Albright, the "definitive solution" to the problem is that the text should read mlk rb or mlky rb, meaning "the great king", a Hebrew translation of the common Assyrian royal title sharru rabu. The proposed emendation to "great king" has been accepted in a number of biblical translations. Jarib Jarib is the name of three individuals in the Hebrew Bible, and a priest whose descendants are named in the First Book of Maccabees. In 1 Chronicles 4:24, one of the sons of Simeon (son of Jacob) is called Jarib. In other passages, he is called Jachin. A Jarib appears in a list of leaders recruited by Ezra to find Levites for the resettlement of Jerusalem. A priest by the name of Jarib is mentioned in a list of men who married foreign women in Ezra 10:18. In 1 Maccabees 2:1 and 14:29, Mattathias and his son Simon are described as being "of the posterity of Jarib". The New English Translation of the Septuagint transliterates the name as Ioarib, while the New American Bible reads Joarib and the Good News Translation reads Jehoiarib. Jaresiah See Jaareshiah. JarhaJarha was an Egyptian slave of Sheshan who was married to Sheshan's daughter according to 1 Chronicles 2:34–35. Jasiel See Jaasiel. Jasub/Jashub