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Eliashib
Eliashib was high priest in Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah. The book of Nehemiah records that he built the Sheep Gate during the rebuilding of the city walls but later gave Tobiah the Ammonite a chamber in the temple.
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- Joiada (Son of Eliashib)People
Joiada was a high priest in Jerusalem during the Persian period after the return from exile. He was the son and successor of the high priest Eliashib. One of his sons became the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite and was driven out by Nehemiah (Nehemiah 13:28).
- Joiakim (High Priest)People
Joiakim succeeded to the office of high priest in Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonian exile. He was the son of the high priest Jeshua and the father of Eliashib, and he appears only in Nehemiah 12.
- Sheep GateBible
The Sheep Gate was a gate in the wall of Jerusalem mentioned in the Old Testament Book of Nehemiah and the New Testament Gospel of John. It is thought to have stood near the north side of the Temple, and in the Gospel of John it serves as a reference point for locating the Pool of Bethesda.
- Nehemiah 3Bible
Nehemiah 3 is a list recording who was responsible for each gate and section of the wall during the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls. It begins at the Sheep Gate, proceeds around the city, and returns to the Sheep Gate.