TOBIAH

An Ammonite prince, in league with Sanballat and the Samaritans against the pious Jews, who were rebuilding the ruined temple, Ne 2:10; 4:3. His threats and treachery were employed in vain. During Nehemiah’s absence, Tobiah was unlawfully established by some of the chief men of Judah, his relatives, in a fine apartment of the new temple; but was ignominiously expelled on the governor’s return, Ne 6:17-19; 13:1-9.

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Tobiah. Tobiah
Pleasing to Jehovah, the “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile (Neh. 2:10). He was a man of great influence, which he exerted in opposition to the Jews, and “sent letters” to Nehemiah “to put him in fear” (Neh. 6:17-19). “Eliashib the priest” prepared for him during Nehemiah’s absence “a chamber in the courts of the house of God,” which on his return grieved Nehemiah sore, and therefore he “cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber” (13:7, 8).

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Tobiah. Tobijah, the Lord is good

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TOBIAH. 1. Ancestor of a family of Babylonian captives Ezr 2:60; Ne 7:62 2. An enemy of the Jews in the time of Nehemiah
* Opposes the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem Ne 2:10,19; 4:3,7,8
* Conspires to injure and intimidate Nehemiah Ne 6:1-14,19
* Subverts nobles of Judah Ne 6:17,18
* Allies himself with Eliashib, the priest Ne 13:4-9

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the Ammonite, an enemy of the Jews Ne 4:3; 6:1; 13:4