<strong>TOBIJAH</strong> (tō-bī'ja, Heb. <em>tôvîyâh, the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span> is good</em>)<br /><br />

One of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat sent to teach the law in Judah (<bibleref ref="2Chr.17.7-2Chr.17.9">2Chr.17.7-2Chr.17.9</bibleref>).One of the exiles who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon bringing gold and silver from which Zechariah was instructed to make a crown for the high priest (<bibleref ref="Zech.6.9-Zech.6.15">Zech.6.9-Zech.6.15</bibleref>).<br /><br />

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<strong>TOBIJAH</strong> <strong>tō bī’ jə</strong> (<span class="hebrew">טוֹבִיָּ֖ה</span>, <em>Yahweh is good</em>). 1. One of the Levites sent by King Jehoshaphat to teach the law of God in the cities of Judah (<bibleref ref="2Chr.17.8">2 Chron 17:8</bibleref>).<br /><br />

2. One of a number of Israelites who came from Babylon to Jerusalem with gold and silver to make a crown for the high priest (<bibleref ref="Zech.6.10">Zech 6:10</bibleref>, <bibleref ref="Zech.6.14">14</bibleref>).<br /><br />

<h2>International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)</h2>

(Tobhiyah, "Yahweh is good"):<br /><br />

(1) A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat whom the king sent to teach in the cities of Judah (<bibleref ref="2Chr.17.8">2Ch 17:8</bibleref>; Tobhiyahu; the Septuagint omits).

(2) One of a party of Jews that came from Babylon to Jerusalem with gold and silver for a crown for Zerubbabel and Joshua, or for Zerubbabel alone (<bibleref ref="Zech.6.10">Zec 6:10</bibleref>,<bibleref ref="Zech.6.14">14</bibleref>). The crown was to be stored in the temple in remembrance of the donors (the Septuagint in both passages translates Tobiyah by chresimoi, i.e. Tobheyha).<br /><br />

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