Topic
Eliashib
18 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 24:12Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A priest
The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
- 1 Chronicles 3:24Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. Son of Elioenai
And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
- Ezra 10:24Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Name of three Israelites mentioned in
Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
- Ezra 10:27Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Name of three Israelites mentioned in
And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
- Ezra 10:36Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Name of three Israelites mentioned in
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
- Nehemiah 3:1Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. High priest
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 13:4Easton · ISBE
¶ And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
- Nehemiah 13:28ISBE · Nave 3. High priest
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
- Ezra 10:6ISBE
¶ Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
- Nehemiah 3:20Smith
After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
- Nehemiah 3:21Smith
After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
- Nehemiah 12:10Nave 3. High priest
¶ And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
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- Nehemiah 12:22 Easton
- Nehemiah 12:23 Easton
- Nehemiah 13:4–9 Nave 3. High priest
- Nehemiah 13:5 ISBE
- Nehemiah 13:7 Easton
- 1 Esdras 9:1 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 8 references
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).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 8 references
- A priest in the time of King David eleventh in the order of the "governors" of the sanctuary. (1 Chronicles 24:12)
- One of the latest descendants of the royal family of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:24)
- High priest at Jerusalem at the time of the rebuilding of the walls under Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 3:1,20,21) (B.C. 446.)
- A singer in the time of Ezra who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:24)
- A son of Zattu, (Ezra 10:27) and
- A son of Bani, (Ezra 10:36) both of whom had transgressed in the same manner. (B.C. 458.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 11 references
e-li'-a-shib ('elyashibh, "God restores"):
(1) A descendant of David (1Ch 3:24).
(2) Head of the eleventh course of priests (1Ch 24:12).
(3) The high priest in the time of Nehemiah. He, with his brethren the priests, helped in the rebuilding of the wall (Ne 3:1). But later he was "allied unto Tobiah" the Ammonite (Ne 13:4) and allowed that enemy of Nehemiah the use of a great chamber in the temple (Ne 13:5); and one of his grandsons, a son of Joiada, married a daughter of Sanballat the Horonite and was for this expelled from the community by Nehemiah (Ne 13:28).
See SANBALLAT.
(4, 5, 6) Three Israelites, one a "singer," who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:24,27,36).
(7) Father of Jehohanan (Ezr 10:6); probably identical with (3) above. Called Eliasib in /APC 1Esdras 9:1.
F. K. Farr
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.