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Tobiah Scripture - Ezra 2:60

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two....

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Tobiah Scripture - Nehemiah 7:62

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two....

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Tobiah Scripture - Nehemiah 6:1

Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and [that] there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)...

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Tobiah in Wikipedia

Tobiah was an Ammonite official[1] (possibly a governor of Ammon) who incited the Ammonites to hinder Ezra and Nehemiah's efforts to rebuild Jerusalem.[2][3] He, along with Sanballat and Geshem the Arab, resorted to a stratagem, and, pretending to wish a conference with Nehemiah, invited him to meet them at Ono, Benjamin. Four times they made ...

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Tobiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(goodness of Jehovah). 1. "The children of Tobiah" were a family who returned with Zerubbabel, but were unable to prove their connection with Israel -- Ezr 2:60; Ne 7:62 (B.C. before 536.) 2. "Tobiah the slave, the Ammonite," played a conspicuous part in the rancorous position made by Sanballat the Moabite and his adherents to the rebuilding ...

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Tobiah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

pleasing to Jehovah, the "servant," the "Ammonite," who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile (Neh. 2:10). He was a man of great influence, which he exerted in opposition to the Jews, and "sent letters" to Nehemiah "to put him in fear" (Neh. 6:17-19). "Eliashib the priest" prepared for him during Nehemia...

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Tobiah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

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Tobiah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Ancestor of a family of Babylonian captives Ezr 2:60; Ne 7:62 -2. An enemy of the Jews in the time of Nehemiah Opposes the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem Ne 2:10,19; 4:3,7,8 Conspires to injure and intimidate Nehemiah Ne 6:1-14,19 Subverts nobles of Judah Ne 6:17,18 Allies himself with Eliashib, the priest Ne 13:4-9...

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Tobiah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

TOBIAH or TOBIJAH ("goodness of Jehovah".) 1. A Levite employed by Jehoshaphat to teach the law in the cities of Judah (2 Chronicles 17:8). 2. "The slave, the Ammonite." With Sanballat and Geshem tried by fair means and foul to thwart Nehemiah (Nehemiah 2:10; Nehemiah 2:19; Nehemiah 6:17-18; Nehemiah 13:1-8). He had the greater power of mis...

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Tobiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

to-bi'-a (Tobhiyah; Codex Alexandrinus Tobias; omitted in Codex Vaticanus): (1) An Ammonite slave (King James Version, "servant"), probably of Sanballat, the governor of Samaria (Neh 2:10). He was grieved exceedingly when Nehemiah came to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. In two ways he was connected by marriage with the Jews, having...

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