Jambri
Jambri
Shortly after the death of Judas Maccabatus (B.C. 161), the children of Jambri are said to have made a predatory attack on a detachment of the Maccabean forces, and to have suffered reprisals (1Ma 9:36-41). The name does not occur elsewhere, and the variety of readings is considerable: , v, , ; Syr. Ambrei. Josephus (.At. 13:1, 2) read , and it seems almost certain that the true reading is (-), a form which occurs elsewhere (1Ki 16:22; Joseph. Ant. 8:12 5, ; 1Ch 27:18, Heb. ,Yulcg. Atmri; 1Ch 9:4, v, i.e. Amorites.
It has been conjectured (Drusius, Michaelis, Grimm, 1Ma 9:36) that the original text was , the sons of the Amorites, and that the reference is to a family of the Amorites who had in early times occupied the town Medeba (1Ma 9:36), on the borders of Reuben (Num 21:30-31).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Jambri
JAMBRI.A robber tribe which attacked and captured a convoy under the charge of John the Maccabee. The outrage was avenged by Jonathan and Simon, who waylaid and slaughtered a large party of the sons of Jambri (1Ma 9:35-42).
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Jambri
jambr ( , hoi huio Iambren; 1 Macc 9:36-41): The sons of Jambri are said to have come out of Medeba (originally Med’ba), a city of the Moabites, and subsequently a possession of the Amorites, and to have carried off John, the brother of Jonathan, who succeeded Judas Maccabeus as leader of the Jews. The Israelites got possession of the place and assigned it to the tribe of Reuben. No mention is made elsewhere of the Jambri. In Josephus (Ant., XIII, i, 2) they are called sons of Amaraeus.