Nehemiah 13:6-9

6 But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in ¹the thirty-second * year of ²Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had gone to the king. After some time, however, I asked leave from the king,

7 and I came to Jerusalem and learned about the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, ³by preparing a room for him in the courts of the house of God.

8 It was very displeasing to me, so I ⁴threw all of Tobiah's household goods out of the room.

9 Then I gave an order and ⁵they cleansed the rooms; and I returned there the utensils of the house of God with the grain offerings and the frankincense.

Nehemiah 13:6-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NEHEMIAH 13

This chapter relates the reformation of various abuses crept in among the Jews by Nehemiah, who removed the Moabites and Ammonites, mixed with them, Ne 13:1-3, threw the household goods of Tobiah out of a chamber of the temple, and restored it to its former use, Ne 13:4-9, took care that the Levites had their portion given them which had been kept from them, Ne 13:10-14 prevented the profanation of the sabbath by selling goods on that day, Ne 13:15-22, and put a stop to the marrying of strange wives, which had prevailed again among them, Ne 13:23-31.

Cross References

• 1. Nehemiah 5:14
• 2. Ezra 6:22
• 3. Nehemiah 13:5
• 4. John 2:13-16
• 5. 2 Chr 29:5, 15, 16

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "understood"
• [b]. Or "chamber," and so in vv 8, 9