Bible Characters & Character Studies
Eliashib
First appears at 1 Chronicles 3:24
First named in Scripture at 1 Chronicles 3:24 — read the chapter.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (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, 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).
Reading photograph: “Colosseum in Rome, Italy - April 2007” — the Colosseum at dusk — by Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons — resized.
