Meaning
Eliashib (whom God restores).
1. A priest in the time of King David eleventh in the order of the "governors" of the sanctuary. (1Chronicles 24:12)
2. One of the latest descendants of the royal family of Judah. (1Chronicles 3:24)
3. High priest at Jerusalem at the time of the rebuilding of the walls under Nehemiah. (Neh 3:1; Neh 3:20; Neh 3:21) (B.C. 446.)
4. A singer in the time of Ezra who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:24)
5. A son of Zattu, (Ezra 10:27) and
6. A son of Bani, (Ezra 10:36) both of whom had transgressed in the same manner. (B.C. 458.)
