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(Hebrew Elyashib', àֶìְéָùַׁéá , whom God will restore; Sept. Å᾿ëéáóåâώí , Å᾿ëéáâß , Å᾿ëéáóåßâ , Åëéáóïýâ , etc.; Josephus Å᾿ëéÜóéâïò; (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" ( ùָׂãִéñ ) of the sanctuary (1Ch_24:12). B.C. 1013.
2. A Levitical singer who repudiated his Gentile wife after the exile (Ezr_10:24). B.C. 458.
3. An Israelite of the lineage of Zattu, who did the same (Ezr_10:27). B.C. 458.
4. An Israelite of the lineage of Bani, who did the same (Ezr_10:36). B.C. 458.
5. The high-priest of the Jews in the time of Nehemiah (Neh_12:28). B.C. 446. With the assistance of his fellow-priests, he rebuilt the eastern city wall adjoining the Temple (Neh_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 ( ÷ָéåֹá =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 (Neh_13:4; Neh_13:7). One of the grandsons of Eliashib had also married the daughter of Sanballat the Horonite (Neh_13:28). There seems no reason to doubt that the same Eliashib is referred to in Ezr_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 (Neh_12:10; Neh_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. (1Ch_3:24). B.C. 406.