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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Eliashib (Priest living at the time of Exile and Return)
High priest while Nehemiah was governor. He gave Tobiah, Nehemiah's opponent, a room inside the temple, and Nehemiah threw Tobiah out the moment he found out.
First, in plain English
High priest while Nehemiah was governor. He gave Tobiah, Nehemiah's opponent, a room inside the temple, and Nehemiah threw Tobiah out the moment he found out.
Who this is
Eliashib was the high priest during Nehemiah's governorship who cooperated with rebuilding Jerusalem's walls but later compromised by giving Nehemiah's political opponent Tobiah a room inside the temple, a decision Nehemiah reversed the moment he discovered it.
study-bible (ACAI + Tyndale)
The word
H475
Where it appears
- Nehemiah 12:10
- Nehemiah 12:22
- Nehemiah 12:23
- Nehemiah 13:28
