One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Tobiah. Every Tobiah in the Bible
- verses
- 12
- first named
- Nehemiah 2:10
- last named
- Nehemiah 13:7
- period
- Exile and Return
- tribe
- Ammon
Description
Who was Tobiah?
Tobiah, described as an Ammonite official, was one of the main opponents of Nehemiah during the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh.2.10, 19; 4.3, 7; 6.1, 12, 14, 17, 19; 13.4, 7, 8). Along with Sanballat the Horonite and Geshem the Arab, Tobiah mocked and threatened Nehemiah and the Jews, trying to discourage and intimidate them from completing the work. Tobiah had close ties with some of the Jewish nobles, who kept him informed about Nehemiah's activities (Neh.6.17-19). He even had a room in the temple courts, which Nehemiah later cleared out (Neh.13.4-8). Despite the opposition and threats, Nehemiah persevered in rebuilding the walls, trusting in God's protection and strength. Tobiah's actions demonstrate the political and social challenges faced by Nehemiah in his efforts to restore Jerusalem and reform the Jewish community.
Relations
Direct connections
Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.
Associated with
Father of
- JehohananregistryNehemiah 6:18
Partner of
- daughter of Shecaniahregistry, no verse
Stands in the same events as
Places
Where this happens
The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.
The pattern
Where Tobiah is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
12 verses across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. Named in Nehemiah (12).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 12, across 1 book. The name is written 13 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
Chapter by chapter
Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Nehemiah 2Tobiah is disturbed by the rebuilding mission, then mocks it and asks whether it is rebellion against the king.
- Nehemiah 4Tobiah mocked the wall with the proposed destructive powers of a single fox, then joined the threatened attack.
- Nehemiah 6Tobiah joined the intimidation, received letters from Judah’s nobles, and sent letters back to Nehemiah.
- Nehemiah 13Tobiah was given a room in the courts of the house of God, until his household goods were thrown out.
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