Eliashib in Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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