Nehemiah 13:4-9

English Standard Version

⁴ Now before this, ^(A)Eliashib the priest, who ^(B)was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and who was related to ^(C)Tobiah, ⁵ prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, ^(D)which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests. ⁶ While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem, for ^(E)in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes ^(F)king of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king ⁷ and came to Jerusalem, and I then discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, ^(G)preparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. ⁸ And I was very angry, and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the chamber. ⁹ Then I gave orders, and they ^(H)cleansed the chambers, and I brought back there the vessels of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense.