XX (whom Jehovah defends. ) A layman who returned form Babylon with Ezra. ( Ezra 8:16 ) (B.C. 459.) The founder of one of the courses of priests, elsewhere called in full JEHOIARIB. ( Nehemiah 12:6 Nehemiah 12:19 ) A Shilonite --i.e. probably a descendant of Shelah the son of Judah. ( Nehemiah 11:5 ) (B.C. before 536.)