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toÌ„Ì-bı̄´ja (טוביּה, tÌ£oÌ„bhı̄yaÌ„h, “Yahweh is goodâ€):
(1) A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat whom the king sent to teach in the cities of Judah (; טוביּהוּ, ṭōbhı̄yāhū; the Septuagint omits).
(2) One of a party of Jews that came from Babylon to Jerusalem with gold and silver for a crown for Zerubbabel and Joshua, or for Zerubbabel alone (, ). The crown was to be stored in the temple in remembrance of the donors (the Septuagint in both passages translates טוביּה, tÌ£oÌ„bhı̄yaÌ„h by χÏηÌσιμοι, chreÌ„Ìsimoi, i.e. טוביה, tÌ£oÌ„bheyhaÌ„).