Eliashib

3 verses

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 3:24

And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 3:1

Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.

Nehemiah 12:10

And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

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).

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(whom God restores).

(1.) A priest in the time of King David eleventh in the order of the "governors" of the sanctuary. (1 Chronicles 24:12)

(2.) One of the latest descendants of the royal family of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:24)

(3.) High priest at Jerusalem at the time of the rebuilding of the walls under Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 3:1,20,21) (B.C. 446.)

(4.) A singer in the time of Ezra who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:24)

(5.) A son of Zattu, (Ezra 10:27) and

(6.) A son of Bani, (Ezra 10:36) both of whom had transgressed in the same manner. (B.C. 458.)

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.