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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: É᾿áìâñß , É᾿áìâñåú v í , Á᾿ìâñïß , Á᾿ìâñß ; Syr. Ambrei. Josephus (.At. 13:1, 2) read ïß áéïõ ðáῖäåò , and it seems almost certain that the true reading is Á᾿ìñß (- åß ), a form which occurs elsewhere (1Ki_16:22; Joseph. Ant. 8:12 5, Á᾿ìáñῖíïò ; 1Ch_27:18, Heb. òָîְøַé ,Yulcg. Atmri; 1Ch_9:4, Á᾿ìâñáú v ì , i.e. Amorites.
It has been conjectured (Drusius, Michaelis, Grimm, 1Ma_9:36) that the original text was áðé àîåøé , “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).