Nehemiah 13:7

7 And I came to Jerusalem, and observed the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobijah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

Nehemiah 13:7 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 13:7

And I came to Jerusalem
Through the king's leave, and with a commission from him:

and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah;
was informed of the mal-administration of his office:

in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God;
whereby it was profaned and polluted.

Nehemiah 13:7 In-Context

5 had prepared for him a great chamber, where formerly they laid the oblations, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine and the oil, which was commanded for the Levites and the singers and the doorkeepers, and the heave-offerings of the priests.

6 And during all that [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two-and-thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king; and after some time I obtained leave of the king.

7 And I came to Jerusalem, and observed the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobijah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

8 And it grieved me much, and I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobijah out of the chamber.

9 And I commanded, and they purified the chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, the oblation and the frankincense.