John Gill's Exposition on Nehemiah 13:28

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, etc.] A grandson of the high priest; for the high priest here is Eliashib, according to our version, and not Joiada his son, according to Dr. Prideaux f89 ; the person designed, Josephus f90 makes to be Manasseh, the brother of Jaddua the high priest: was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite; married a daughter of his, who was the avowed enemy of the Jewish nation; and for whom, according to the same writer, Sanballat obtained leave of Alexander to build a temple on Mount Gerizim; but this is to protract the age of Nehemiah and Sanballat to too great a length; besides, Eliashib seems to have been now high priest, and not even his son Joiada, and much less Jaddua, a grandson of Joiada: therefore I chased him from me; drove him from his court, suffered him not to minister at the altar; banished him from the city, as Jarchi, and even from the land of Judea.

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