8th December 2016 —

Tobiah

Tobiah, Tobijah

[TÔö╝├¼bÔöÇ┬¢’ah,TÔö╝├¼bÔöÇ┬¢’jah]-jehovah is good.

  • A Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to instruct the people of Judah (2 Chron. 17:8).
  • A founder of a tribal family the descendants of which returned from exile but were unable to trace their genealogy (Ezra 2:60Neh. 7:62).
  • An Ammonite who with Sanballat and others ridiculed the efforts of the Jews to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 2:104:3, 7). This enemy of Nehemiah and of the Jews was silenced by the diligence of the people.

    • A chief man whose posterity returned from exile (Zech. 6:10, 14). He it was who obtained the gold and silver for Joshua's crown.

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