"And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:"
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
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 (a); but
he seems rather to be the high priest, by comparing it with Neh 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, Neh 2:10 , 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, Neh 6:18 . (a) Annal. Vet. Test. p. 200.
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
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 (a); but
he seems rather to be the high priest, by comparing it with Neh 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, Neh 2:10 , 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, Neh 6:18 . (a) Annal. Vet. Test. p. 200.