The “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile. The King James Version names Tobiah in 12 verses, from Nehemiah 2:10 to Nehemiah 13:8. The King James Version also gives the name Tobiah to 1 other person, listed on this page.
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Who Tobiah was.
Pleasing to Jehovah, the “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile (Neh. 2:10). He was a man of great influence, which he exerted in opposition to the Jews, and “sent letters” to Nehemiah “to put him in fear” (Neh. 6:17-19). “Eliashib the priest” prepared for him during Nehemiah’s absence “a chamber in the courts of the house of God,” which on his return grieved Nehemiah sore, and therefore he “cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber” (13:7, 8).
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All 12 verses that name this Tobiah.
Nehemiah 12
Nehemiah 2:10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Nehemiah 4:3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.
Nehemiah 4:7But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Nehemiah 6:1Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
Nehemiah 6:12And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Nehemiah 6:14My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
Nehemiah 6:17Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
Nehemiah 6:19Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear.
Nehemiah 13:4And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah:
Nehemiah 13:7And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
Nehemiah 13:8And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
Other people called Tobiah.
Tobiah.
Named in 2 verses.
Ezra 2:60The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
Nehemiah 7:62The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two.
Questions about Tobiah.
Who was Tobiah in the Bible?
The “servant,” the “Ammonite,” who joined with those who opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the Exile. The King James Version names Tobiah in 12 verses, from Nehemiah 2:10 to Nehemiah 13:8.
Who was Tobiah’s child?
BibleLectio’s family tree lists Johanan.
Where does Tobiah speak in the Bible?
In 1 verse of the King James Version, all in Nehemiah. His first words are in Nehemiah 4:3.