Jambri
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
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 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
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 ( 1 Maccabees 9:36-41). The name does not occur elsewhere, and the variety of readings is considerable: Ι᾿Αμβρί , Ι᾿Αμβρεϊ v Ν , Ἀμβροί , Ἀμβρί ; Syr. Ambrei. Josephus (.At. 13: 1, 2) read Οί Αιου Παῖδες , and it seems almost certain that the true reading is Ἀμρί (- Εί ), a form which occurs elsewhere ( 1 Kings 16:22; Joseph. Ant. 8:12 5, Ἀμαρῖνος ; 1 Chronicles 27:18, Heb. עָמְרַי ,Yulcg. Atmri; 1 Chronicles 9:4, Ἀμβραϊ v Μ , i.e. Amorites.
It has been conjectured (Drusius, Michaelis, Grimm, 1 Maccabees 9:36) that the original text was בני אמורי , "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 ( 1 Maccabees 9:36), on the borders of Reuben ( Numbers 21:30-31).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
jam´brı̄ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰαμβρείν hoi huioı́ Iambreı́n Ant. Xiii
