Nehemiah 13:7

7 and I came to Yerushalayim, and understood the evil that Elyashiv had done for Toviyah, 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 before they laid the meal-offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by mitzvah to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the heave-offerings for the Kohanim.

6 But in all this [time] I was not at Yerushalayim; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artachshasta king of Bavel I went to the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,

7 and I came to Yerushalayim, and understood the evil that Elyashiv had done for Toviyah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

8 It grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Toviyah out of the chamber.

9 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and there brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense.