But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in (A)the thirty-second year of (B)Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had come to the king. After some time, however, I requested a leave of absence from the king, and I came to Jerusalem and [a]learned about the evil that Eliashib had committed for [b]Tobiah, (C)by preparing a [c]room for him in the courtyards of the house of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 13:7 Or understood
  2. Nehemiah 13:7 An Ammonite, banned from the temple
  3. Nehemiah 13:7 Or chamber, and so in vv 8, 9

But while all this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes(A) king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later I asked his permission and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib(B) had done in providing Tobiah(C) a room in the courts of the house of God.

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