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.
12. Then all Judah brought the tenth-part gifts of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses.
13. I appointed the priest Shelemiah, the scribe Zadok, and Pedaiah of the Levites to be in charge over the storehouses. I also appointed Hanan, Zaccur’s son and Mattaniah’s grandson, as their assistant. These men were considered trustworthy, and their task was to hand out shares to their colleagues.