Atomic Bible

Priest who prepared a room for Tobiah in the temple

Eliashib

Named in 2 verses of Nehemiah, first in Nehemiah 13:4.

אֶלְיָשִׁיבEliashib

The name means “the God of conversion.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869

About Eliashib Written by AI

Eliashib, a priest, is mentioned in Nehemiah 13:4 in relation to his ties with Tobiah the Ammonite, an opponent of Nehemiah. Prior to Nehemiah's return to Jerusalem, Eliashib had been put in charge of the storerooms in the temple (Nehemiah 13:4). However, he allied himself with Tobiah and prepared a large room for him in the temple courts, which had previously been used to store grain offerings, incense, and temple articles (Nehemiah 13:5). Upon learning of this, Nehemiah was greatly displeased and threw out Tobiah's household goods from the room (Nehemiah 13:7 to 8). This incident highlights the challenges Nehemiah faced in restoring proper worship and order in the temple, even among the priestly ranks.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897

This entry is on the name Eliashib, and may cover more than one person or place by that name.

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).

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.

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Where the Bible names him

  1. Nehemiah 13:4

    Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God

  2. Nehemiah 13:7

    to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.

From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.