eliashib Summary and Overview

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).

(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 Ezra who had married a foreign wife. #Ezr 10:24| 5. A son of Zattu, #Ezr 10:27| and 6. A son of Bani, #Ezr 10:36| both of whom had transgressed in the same manner. (B.C. 458.)

ELI'ASHIB (whom God restores). 1. A priest in the time of David. 1 Chr 24:12. 1. A descendant of David. 1 Chr 3:24. 2. The high priest in the time of Nehemiah. Ezr 10:6;Neh 3:1, Neh 3:20-21; Neh 12:10, Neh 12:22-23; Acts 13:4, 2 Kgs 13:7, Neh 13:28. 3. A Levite who had a strange wife. Ezr 10:24. 4. 1. Two similar offenders. Neh 10:27, Ezr 10:36.

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 pagan connection (Nehemiah 13:4-7), in opposition to God's prohibition (Deuteronomy 23:3-4). His grandson too had married the pagan Horonite Sanballat's daughter (Nehemiah 13:28). Ungodly alliances are a snare to religious professors (2 Corinthians 6:14-18; Matthew 10:37). "Therefore (says Nehemiah) I chased him from me. Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood." His genealogy is given (Nehemiah 12:10; Nehemiah 12:22), see Ezra 10:6.

4. Ezra 10:24.

5. Ezra 10:27.