For Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber— Tobiah had insinuated himself into the good opinion of most of the people, and especially those of note, by his making two alliances with families of this sort: for Johanan his son had married the daughter of Meshullam, the son of Barachiah, (ch. Nehemiah 6:18 Nehemiah 3:4.) who was one of the chief managers of the building of the wall of Jerusalem under the direction of the governor; and he himself had married the daughter of Shecaniah, the son of Arab, another great man among the Jews; by which means he had formed an interest; though, being an Ammonite, he bore a national hatred to all that were of the race of Israel.
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Nehemiah 13:7
7 And 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.