Bible Person
Meaning: the God of conversion · Male · 4 cross references
Eliashib is the high priest in the time of Nehemiah whose tenure spans both rebuilding and troubling compromise. He is remembered for proximity to restoration work but also for failures that weaken the community's reform. First appears in Neh 12:10.1
AI summary: Eliashib matters because the cross references present him at the center of Jerusalem's restored priestly leadership, yet not without moral ambiguity. He is linked to the rebuilding of the wall and the continuity of the high-priestly line, but Nehemiah also preserves the damage caused by his accommodation of Tobiah and related family entanglements. His story therefore warns that restored institutions still require vigilance. Taken together, the material presents Eliashib as a high priest whose leadership combines restoration prominence with serious compromise.1
Central Figure
Eliashib
Meaning: the God of conversion
A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Neh.
Children
A high priest in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah (Neh. 12:22, 23). He rebuilt the eastern city wall (3:1), his own mansion being in that quarter, on the ridge Ophel (3:20, 21). His indulgence of Tobiah the Ammonite provoked the indignation of Nehemiah (13:4, 7). 3
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.