Eliashib
Eliashib was the high priest, father of Joiada, and ancestor of Jaddua, who served as high priest during the time of Alexander the Great.
The name Eliashib means “the God of conversion”
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Summary
A high priest from the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Nehemiah 12:10; only referred to as Eliashib (אֶלְיָשִׁיב); a son of Joiakim; father of Joiada.
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Alternative names
- אֶלְיָשִׁיבEliashib
Mentions
- Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
- In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, during the reign of Darius the Persian, the heads of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded.
- As for the descendants of Levi, the family heads up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles.
- Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.