⁴ Now before this, ^(A)Eliashib the priest, who ^(B)was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and who was related to ^(C)Tobiah,

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^44 (A)On that day men were appointed over the storerooms, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by the Law for the priests and for the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and the Levites who ministered.

²⁸ And one of the sons of ^(A)Jehoiada, the son of ^(B)Eliashib the high priest, was the son-in-law of ^(C)Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I chased him from me.

¹⁷ Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them. ¹⁸ For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of ^(A)Arah: and his son Jehohanan had taken the daughter of ^(B)Meshullam the son of Berechiah as his wife.

¹⁰ But when ^(A)Sanballat the Horonite and ^(B)Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.

¹⁰ And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,