Eliasib (Heb. ‘Elyâshîb, “God restores”; also appears on an ancient Heb. seal and inscribed pottery found at Arad and Lachish). 1. Descendant of Zerubbabel (1Ch 3:24). 2. Priest, some of whose descendants formed the 11th group of 24 into which David divided the priests for the sanctuary service (1Ch 24:1, 12). 3, 4 and 5. Three Jews who had married foreign women at the time of Ezra. One was a Levite, while the other 2 belonged to the families of Zatu and Bani, respectively (Ezr 10:24, 27, 36). 6. High priest in the times of Ezra and Nehemiah. He was the grandson of Joshua, the high priest at the time of Zerubbabel. He and the priests built the Sheep Gate of Jerusalem under Nehemiah (Neh 12:10; 3:1). He was in league, perhaps by marriage, with Tobias the Ammonite, Nehemiah’s enemy, and with Sanballat, another Nehemiah enemy, by marrying his grandson to Sanballat’s daughter (13:4, 28). During Nehemiah’s absence from Jerusalem, Eliashib provided Tobiah with a room within the temple area (13:5).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
(Heb., †™elyashiv, God restores).
1. Priest in the time of David whose name took the eleventh priestly turn (1Ch 24:12).
2. Son of Elioenai, descendant of Zerubbabel, Judahite (1Ch 3:24).
3. High priest at the time of the rebuilding of the city wall (Neh 3:1, Neh 3:20-21; Neh 13:4, Neh 13:7, Neh 13:28).
4. Levite and singer who sent away his foreign wife (Ezr 10:24).
5. Son of Zatu who married a foreign woman (Ezr 10:27).
6. Son of Bani who also married a foreign woman (Ezr 10:36).
7. Ancestor of Johanan who assisted Ezra in gathering foreign women and in other matters during the reign of the Persian Darius (Ezr 10:6; Neh 12:10, Neh 12:22-23).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(God restores). Name of people from the OT.
1. Descendant of Zerubbabel (1Ch 3:24).
. Head of a priestly family who received “the eleventh” lot or turn in Jehovah’s service in David’s time (1Ch 24:12).
. Father of Johanan, a Levite in whose chamber Ezra fasted “because he was grieved because of the sin of those in captivity” (Ezra 10:6).
. Levite. Singer in the time of Ezra. He was one of those who took foreign wives (Ezra 10:24).
. Israelite who returned from exile. One “of the sons of Zatu” (Ezra 10:27), from the time of Ezra. He was one of those who took foreign women.
. Israelite who returned from exile. One “of the sons of Bani” (Ezra 10:36), from the time of Ezra. He was one of those who took foreign women.
. Character who appears in a genealogical list in Neh 12:10, Neh 12:22-23.
. High priest in the time of Nehemiah, who † œwith his brethren the priests… built the Sheep Gate † (Neh 3:1). But “the priest E., being head of the chamber of the house of our God, had intermarried with Tobias, and had made him a great chamber, in which they kept the offerings beforehand” (Neh 13:4-5). It is probable that the kinship that was established was the marriage of a grandson of E. with a daughter of †¢Sanballat (Neh 13:28). In any case, when Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem he learned † œof the evil that E. had done for Tobiah† and he threw † œall the furniture of Tobiah’s house out of the chamber † and purified the place (Neh 13: 6- 9).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(My God Comes Back).
1. Levite of the sons of Aaron assigned to the eleventh priestly division in the time of David. (1Ch 24:1, 5, 6, 12.)
2. Father of a certain Jehohanan. (Ezra 10:6.)
3. Levite temple singer mentioned among those who sent away their foreign wives in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:16, 17, 23, 24, 44.)
4. Descendant of Zatu who is also mentioned among those who fired their foreign wives. (Ezra 10:16, 17, 27, 44.)
5. Descendant of Baní also mentioned among those who dispatched their foreign wives. (Ezra 10:16, 17, 34, 36, 44.)
6. Grandson of the Jeshua who returned with Zerubbabel from exile in Babylon. Eliashib was a high priest in the days of Nehemiah, and along with the other priests he participated in rebuilding the Sheep Gate in the wall of Jerusalem. (Ne 12:1, 10; 3:1) In Nehemiah’s absence, Eliashib himself polluted the temple by setting up a dining room in the temple court for his relative Tobiah the Ammonite. Upon his return, Nehemiah removed all of Tobiah’s furniture and had the dining rooms cleaned. He also expelled one of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib, because he had married a daughter of Sanballat the Horonite. (Ne 13:4, 5, 7-9, 28)
7. Son of Elioenai, descendant of King David. (1Ch 3:1, 5, 10, 24.)
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
(“Elyasib” in °vrv3). Several people of this name appear in the OT: a descendant of David (1 Chron. 3.24); a priest of the time of David (1 Cr. 24.12); a singer (Ezra 10.24); a son of Zatu (Ezra 10.27); a son of Bani (Ezra 10.36). This name is also found on seals and ostraca from *Arad.
The most important is the high priest of the time of Nehemiah. He first appears in Esd. 10.6 as the father of Johanan, but he is not called high priest at that time. Josephus says that Eliashib’s father, Jehoiakim, was high priest when Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in 458 BC (Ant. 11.154). When Nehemiah arrived in 445 BC Eliashib was high priest, and he took part in the construction of the city walls (Neh. 3.1, 20–21). He later compromised and formed a marriage alliance with Tobias (Neh. 13.4), and gave him a chamber in the temple courts (Neh. 13.5). One of his grandsons married the daughter of Sanballat (Neh. 13.28). His genealogy appears in Neh. 12.10–11.
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Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary