7. and returned to Jerusalem. That was when I saw the wrong that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by preparing him a room in the courtyards of God’s house.
8. I was very angry and threw all of Tobiah’s household furniture out of the room.
9. Then I gave orders that the rooms be purified, and I put back the temple equipment, along with the grain offering and the incense.
10. I also found out that the Levites hadn’t been given their portions, so they and the singers who did the work had gone back to their fields.
11. So I scolded the officials, asking, "Why is God’s house being neglected?" I gathered them together and set them in their stations.