Eliashib

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Whom God will restore. (1.) A priest, head of one of the courses of the priests of the time of David (1 Chr. 24:12). (2.) A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Neh. 12:22, 23). He rebuilt the eastern city wall (3:1), his own mansion being in that quarter, on the ridge Ophel (3:20, 21). His indulgence of Tobiah the Ammonite provoked the indignation of Nehemiah (13:4, 7).

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ISBE

e-li'-a-shib ('elyashibh, "God restores"): (1) A descendant of David ( 1Ch 3:24 ). (2) Head of the eleventh course of priests ( 1Ch 24:12 ). (3) The high priest in the time of Nehemiah. He, with his brethren the priests, helped in the rebuilding of the wall ( Ne 3:1 ). But later he was "allied unto Tobiah" the Ammonite ( Ne 13:4 ) and allowed that enemy of Nehemiah the use of a great chamber in the temple ( Ne 13:5 ); and one of his grandsons, a son of Joiada, married a daughter of Sanballat the Horonite and was for this expelled from the community by Nehemiah ( Ne 13:28 ). See SANBALLAT . (4, 5, 6) Three Israelites, one a "singer," who had married foreign wives ( Ezr 10:24 , 27 , 36 ). (7) Father of Jehohanan ( Ezr 10:6 ); probably identical with (3) above. Called Eliasib in /APC 1Esdras 9:1. F. K. Farr

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(whom God restores).

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