John Gill Commentary Nehemiah 13:4

"Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah," — Nehemiah 13:4 (ASV)

And before this Before the above law was read, and observed and acted upon:

Eliashib the priest ; whom some take to be a common priest; so Bishop Usher ^F1 ; but he seems rather to be the high priest, by comparing it with (Nehemiah 13:28) ,

having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God ; which has led some to the notion of his being a common priest; but chamber may be put for chambers, and those for the whole house or temple, which the high priest had the greatest concern in, and oversight of:

was allied to Tobiah ; the servant and Ammonite, an inveterate enemy of the Jews, (Nehemiah 2:10Nehemiah 2:20) , having married a daughter of Shecaniah, and his son a daughter of Meshullam, who were both priests, and so as it seems related to Eliashib, (Nehemiah 6:18) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F1: Annal. Vet. Test. p. 200.