ELIASHIB, High-Priest, of the race of Joseph. Antiq. l. 2. c. 5.Eleazar. He succeeded Joiakim, whom Josephus mentions as living in the reign of Xerxes. He was High-Priest in the time of Nehemiah, and lived in 3550. We neither know particularly the year of his death, nor the duration of his Pontificate. He was called likewise Joasib and Chasib. His successor was Joiada or Juda, Neh. xii. 10.
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