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Eliashib
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Hebrew Elyashib', אֶלְיָשַׁיב, whom God will restore; Sept. Ε᾿λιασεβών, Ε᾿λιαβί, Ε᾿λιασείβ, Ελιασούβ, etc.; Josephus Ε᾿λιάσιβος; (Vulg. Eliasub, Eliasib), a common name of Israelites, especially at the later period of the O.T. history.
1. A priest in the time of king David; head of the eleventh "course" in the order of the "governors" (שָׂדִיס ) of the sanctuary (1 Chronicles 24:12). B.C. 1013.
2. A Levitical singer who repudiated his Gentile wife after the exile (Ezra 10:24). B.C. 458.
3. An Israelite of the lineage of Zattu, who did the same (Ezra 10:27). B.C. 458.
4. An Israelite of the lineage of Bani, who did the same (Ezra 10:36). B.C. 458.
5. The high-priest of the Jews in the time of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 12:28). B.C. 446. With the assistance of his fellow-priests, he rebuilt the eastern city wall adjoining the Temple (Nehemiah 3:1). His own extensive mansion was doubtless situated in the same vicinity, probably on the ridge Ophel (Nehemiah in, 20,21). (See JERUSALEM).
Eliashib was in some way allied (קָיוֹב =near) to Tobiah the Ammonite, for whom he had prepared an ante-room in the Temple, a desecration which excited the pious indignation of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 13:4; Nehemiah 13:7). One of the grandsons of Eliashib had also married the daughter of Sanballat the Horonite (Nehemiah 13:28). There seems no reason to doubt that the same Eliashib is referred to in Ezra 10:6, as the father of Johanan, who occupied an apartment in the Temple (comp. Josephus, Ant. 11:5, 4). He is evidently the same with the son of Joiakim and father of Joiada (Josephus, "Judas," Ant. 11:7, 1), in the succession of high-priests (Nehemiah 12:10; Nehemiah 12:22). (See HIGH-PRIEST).
6. A son of Elioenai, and member of the latest family of the lineage of Zerubbabel, mentioned in the Old Test. (1 Chronicles 3:24). B.C. 406.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Eliashib'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/e/eliashib.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
