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