Eliashib
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the
priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it,
and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they
sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel....
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Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into
the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and [when] he came
thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned
because of the transgression of them that had been carried
away....
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The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and
Jaddua, [were] recorded chief of the fathers: also the
priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian....
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the High Priest is mentioned in Nehemiah 12:10,22 and 3:1,
20-21,13:28 and possibly the Book of Ezra 10:6 of the Hebrew
Bible. Some also place him in different parts of Nehemiah
including 12:23 and 13:4,7, but this is disputed. Nehemiah
3:20-21 places his home between the area of two working
groups constructing the walls of Jerusalem on the no...
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e-li'-a-shib ('elyashibh, "God restores"):
(1) A descendant of David (1 Ch 3:24).
(2) Head of the eleventh course of priests (1 Ch 24:12).
(3) The high priest in the time of Nehemiah. He, with his
brethren the priests, helped in the rebuilding of the wall
(Neh 3:1). But later he was "allied unto Tobiah" the Ammonite
(Neh 13:4) and allowed that e...
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1. A priest
1Ch 24:12
-2. Name of three Israelites mentioned in
Ezr 10:24,27,36
-3. High priest
Ne 3:1; 12:10; 13:4-9,28
-4. Son of Elioenai
1Ch 3:24...
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(whom God restores).
1. A priest in the time of King David eleventh in the
order of the "governors" of the sanctuary. 1Ch 24:12
2. One of the latest descendants of the royal family
of Judah. 1Ch 3:24
3. High priest at Jerusalem at the time of the
rebuilding of the walls under Nehemiah. Ne 3:1,20,21 (B.C.
446.)
4. A singer in the time of Ezr...
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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 provok...
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1. 1 Chronicles 24:12.
2. 1 Chronicles 3:24.
3. High priest when Nehemiah rebuilt the walls (Nehemiah
3:1-20-21). Energetic in building the sheepgate, sanctifying
and setting up its doors; but relationship to Tobiah the
Ammonite outweighed regard for the sanctity of the temple.
Nehemiah was angry with him for preparing a room therein for
his...
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