Nehemiah 13:4
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And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the treasury of the house of our God, and was near akin to Tobias.

Eliashib.

Nehemiah 13:7 And I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliasib had done for Tobias, to make him a storehouse in the courts of the house of God.

Nehemiah 12:10 And Josue begot Joacim, and Joacim begot Eliasib, and Eliasib begot Joiada,

having the oversight of.

Nehemiah 12:44 And they kept the watch of their God, and the observance of expiation, and the singing men, and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

allied.

Nehemiah 13:28 And one of the sons of Joiada the son of Eliasib the high priest, was son in law to Sanaballat the Horonite, and I drove him from me.

Nehemiah 6:17,18 Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men of the Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias there came letters to them. . . .

Context
The Temple Cleansed
4And over this thing was Eliasib the priest, who was set over the treasury of the house of our God, and was near akin to Tobias.5And he made him a great storeroom, where before him they laid up gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of the corn, of the wine, and of the oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the porters, and the firstfruits of the priests.…
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:10
And Sanaballat the Horonite, and Tobias the servant, the Ammonite, heard it, and it grieved them exceedingly, that a man was come, who sought the prosperity of the children of Israel.

Nehemiah 6:1
And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and Gossem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it, (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates,)

Nehemiah 6:17
Moreover in those days many letters were sent by the principal men of the Jews to Tobias, and from Tobias there came letters to them.

Nehemiah 12:44
And they kept the watch of their God, and the observance of expiation, and the singing men, and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son.

Lexicon
Now before
וְלִפְנֵ֣י (wə·lip̄·nê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

this,
מִזֶּ֔ה (miz·zeh)
Preposition-m | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

Eliashib
אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ (’el·yā·šîḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 475: Eliashib -- 'God restores', the name of several Israelites

the priest,
הַכֹּהֵ֔ן (hak·kō·hên)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest

a relative
קָר֖וֹב (qā·rō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7138: Near

of Tobiah,
לְטוֹבִיָּֽה׃ (lə·ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2900: Tobiah -- 'Yah is my good', three Israelites, also an Ammonite

had been put in charge of
נָת֖וּן (nā·ṯūn)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

the storerooms
בְּלִשְׁכַּ֣ת (bə·liš·kaṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3957: Room, chamber, hall, cell

of the house
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of our God
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our GodAnd before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied to Tobiah:

Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah,

And before this time Eliasib the priest dwelt in the treasury of the house of our God, connected with Tobias;

And before this, Eliashib the priest, who had the oversight of the chambers of the house of our God, a kinsman of Tobijah,

Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah,

And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied to Tobiah:

Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,

And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God, is a relation of Tobiah,
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