Eliashib

Easton, 1897

Whom God will restore. (1.) A priest, head of one of the courses of the priests of the time of David (1 Chronicles 24:12).

(2.) A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Nehemiah 12:22, Nehemiah 12:23). He rebuilt the eastern city wall (Nehemiah 3:1), his own mansion being in that quarter, on the ridge Ophel (Nehemiah 3:20, Nehemiah 3:21). His indulgence of Tobiah the Ammonite provoked the indignation of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 13:4, Nehemiah 13:7).