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Jedaiah
Jedaiah was one of the returned exiles from Babylon mentioned in the Book of Zechariah. Together with Heldai and Tobijah, he was involved in the making of a crown for Joshua the high priest from the silver and gold they had brought (Zechariah 6:10, 14).
Josiah (son of Zephaniah)
Josiah was the owner of the house where a group of returned exiles gathered. The son of Zephaniah, he appears in Zechariah 6:10 and is called "Hen" in Zechariah 6:14.
Heldai
Heldai was a Jew who returned from the Babylonian exile. In Zechariah 6, the silver and gold received from him were made into crowns that were set upon the head of Joshua the high priest. In Zechariah 6:14 he is called "Helem."
Tobiah
Tobiah is an Ammonite official in the Book of Nehemiah. With Sanballat and Geshem, he opposed the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. He later occupied a chamber in the temple and was expelled by Nehemiah.
Geshem
Geshem was an Arabian who, together with Sanballat and Tobiah, mocked and obstructed Nehemiah's work of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. He appears in Nehemiah 2 and 6.
Nehemiah 4
Nehemiah 4 recounts how the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls met with ridicule from Sanballat and Tobiah and with a plot to attack the city, and how Nehemiah prayed, armed the people, and kept the work going as the builders labored with one hand and held a weapon with the other.
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.
Noadiah
Noadiah was a prophetess who tried to intimidate Nehemiah while he was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. Her name appears only once, in Nehemiah 6:14.