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Eliashib

Tribe of Levi

Family

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

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 M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 4 verses

Nehemiah: 12:10, 12:22, 12:23, 13:28

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.