Eliashib
Eliashib, a priest, had ties to Tobiah the Ammonite and prepared a room for him in the temple courts.
The name Eliashib means “the God of conversion”
MaleExile and Return eraOld Testament1 book3 verses
Summary
A priest living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Nehemiah 13:4; only referred to as Eliashib (אֶלְיָשִׁיב).
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- אֶלְיָשִׁיבEliashib
Mentions
Includes 1 verse that refer to Eliashib without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.
- Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God
- Nehemiah 13:5Referred to, not named…and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.
- …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.