And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
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Gill's Exposition
And he had prepared for him a great chamber,.... In the temple, by throwing together several chambers, as Piscator observes:
where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the…
Barnes' Notes
The relations of Eliashib, the high priest Neh 3:1, with Tobiah and Sanballat will account for the absence of any reference to him either in Neh. 8–10, or in Neh. 12:27-47. The chamber - The entire…
Adam Clarke
Eliashib the priest - Perhaps this was a different person from Eliashib the high priest; but there is no indubitable evidence that he was not the same. If he was high priest, he was very unfaithful to…
It was the honour of Israel, and the greatest preservation of their holiness, that they were a peculiar people, and were so to keep themselves, and not to mingle with the nations, nor suffer any of…
Part IV. NEHEMIAH's SECOND VISIT
Ch. Neh 13:4-9.
His Vindication of the Sanctity of the Temple.
Neh 13:10-14.
His Provision for the Maintenance of the Levites.
Neh 13:15-22.
His Measures to…
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