The Chamber Cleansed

Remember Me for Good · Nehemiah 13

Story guide: Returning from Persia, Nehemiah discovers Eliashib's room for Tobiah, empties it, cleanses it, and restores its proper use.

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4Before this, Eliashib the priest, who had been appointed over the chamber of the house of our God, was related to Tobiah—

5He made for him a large chamber, where formerly they had put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithe of grain, new wine, and oil—the portion commanded for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers—and the contribution for the priests.

6But during all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king, and after some time I asked leave from the king.

7When I came to Jerusalem, I understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by making a chamber for him in the courts of the house of God.

8And it displeased me greatly, and I threw all the household goods of Tobiah out of the chamber.

9Then I gave the order, and they cleansed the chambers; and I brought back there the vessels of the house of God, with the grain offering and the frankincense.

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