Nehemiah 13:28
in Nehemiah 13Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.
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ASV
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
KJV
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
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This verse in Nehemiah 13
Commentary
6 notes on this verseOne of the sons of Joiada - This was Manasseh, brother of Jaddua, son of Joiada, and grandson of Eliashib the high priest. I chased him from me - Struck him off the list of the priests, and deemed him utterly unworthy of all connection and intercourse with truly religious people.
This site's exposition
son in law to Sanballat
on Nehemiah 13:28-29
The corruption reaches the high priest's own family: a son of Joiada, grandson of Eliashib the high priest, has become son in law to Sanballat the Horonite, the very enemy who opposed the wall from its first stone. Nehemiah chases him out, and Clarke identifies him with Manasseh, whom Josephus says later became high priest of a rival temple Sanballat built on Mount Gerizim for him. Nehemiah's prayer turns harder here than anywhere else in the chapter: Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. Henry reads the prayer as a plea for God to act rather than a curse Nehemiah pronounces himself, leaving the reckoning in God's hand.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Probably some other of his family had married Tobiah's, and (would you think it?) the high priest thought the alliance an honour to his family, and was very proud of it, though really it was his greatest disgrace, and what he had reason to be ashamed of.
Josephus says that this expelled priest was Manasseh, and that when Nehemiah drove him away he went to his father-in-law Sanballat, who built him a temple upon Mount Gerazim, like that at Jerusalem, and promised him he should be high priest in it, and that then was laid the foundation of the Samaritans' pretensions, which continued warm to our Saviour's time.
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest,....
It was the honour of Israel, and the greatest preservation of their holiness, that they were a peculiar people, and were so to keep themselves, and not to mingle with the nations, nor suffer any of them to incorporate with them.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִבְּנֵ֨י | umibenei | and one of [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יוֹיָדָ֤ע | yoyada' | Joiada | H3111 → | 5 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ | ʾelyashiv | Eliashib | H475 → | 17 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֣ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַגָּד֔וֹל | hagadol | <the> great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| חָתָ֖ן | chatan | [was] a son-in-law | H2860 → | |
| לְסַנְבַלַּ֣ט | lesanvalat | of Sanballat | H5571 → | 10 times |
| הַחֹרֹנִ֑י | hachoroni | the Horonite | H2772 → | 3 times |
| וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ | vaavrichehu | and I drove away him | H1272 → | 63 times |
| מֵעָלָֽי׃ | mealai | from with <the> me | H5921 → | 5755 times |
וּמִבְּנֵ֨יand one of [the] sons of
umibeneiH1121 →4930 times
יוֹיָדָ֤עJoiada
yoyada'H3111 →5 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙Eliashib
ʾelyashivH475 →17 times
הַכֹּהֵ֣ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
הַגָּד֔וֹל<the> great
hagadolH1419 →526 times
חָתָ֖ן[was] a son-in-law
chatanH2860 →
לְסַנְבַלַּ֣טof Sanballat
lesanvalatH5571 →10 times
הַחֹרֹנִ֑יthe Horonite
hachoroniH2772 →3 times
וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּand I drove away him
vaavrichehuH1272 →63 times
מֵעָלָֽי׃from with <the> me
mealaiH5921 →5755 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the…
it leads to
- Nehemiah 6:6
that read: “It is reported among the nations—and Geshem agrees—that you and the Jews are plotting to revolt, and this is why you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to…
- Nehemiah 6:1–2
When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the…
- Psalms 44:13–14
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- Nehemiah 6:6
Through
Nehemiah 2:10But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 13:4
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been put in charge of the storerooms of the house of our God
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the…
- Nehemiah 4:7
When Sanballat and Tobiah, together with the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites, heard that the repair to the walls of Jerusalem was progressing and that the gaps were being closed, they were furious,
- Proverbs 27:4
Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
- Acts 19:26–27
And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made…
- Nehemiah 13:4
About Nehemiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.