Nehemiah 13:7
in Nehemiah 13to return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of the house of God.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
KJV
And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
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This verse in Nehemiah 13
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd I came to Jerusalem and understood the evil, etc. We read above that Tobiah was an Ammonite servant, an enemy of the people of God; therefore, Eliashib the priest acted very wrongfully; for he made a treasury in the vestibules of the house of …
This site's exposition
I was not in Jerusalem
on Nehemiah 13:6-7
"I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign" (13:6). The gap gave Eliashib room to act. Clarke reckons the absence at about a year after a twelve-year governorship.
This site's exposition
the evil that Eliashib had done
How long Nehemiah stayed away is open: Clarke puts it at one year, and Jamieson, Fausset and Brown a year or several. Bede names the evil plainly. An enemy of the people of God was lodging in the courts of God's house.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And I came to Jerusalem,.... Through the king's leave, and with a commission from him: and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah; was informed of the mal-administration of his office: in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God; whereby it was profaned and polluted.
Thus, when sin is cast out of the heart by repentance, let the blood of Christ be applied to it by faith, and then let it be furnished with the graces of God's Spirit for every good work.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
How long [Nehemiah] remained there is not expressly said, but "after certain days," which is a Scripture phraseology for a year or a number of years, he obtained leave to resume the government of Jerusalem; to his deep mortification and regret, he found matters in the neglected and disorderly state here described.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וָאָב֖וֹא | vaavo' | and I came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| לִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | lirushalim | to Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וָאָבִ֣ינָה | vaavinah | and I perceived ! | H995 → | 170 times |
| בָרָעָ֗ה | varaah | <in> the evil thing | H7451 → | 662 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֤ה | ʾasah | he had done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙ | ʾelyashiv | Eliashib | H475 → | 17 times |
| לְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔ה | letoiyah | for Tobiah | H2900 → | 18 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | laasot | by making | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לוֹ֙ | lo | for him | ||
| נִשְׁכָּ֔ה | nishkah | a room | H5393 → | 3 times |
| בְּחַצְרֵ֖י | bechatzrei | in [the] courtyards of | H2691 → | 191 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
וָאָב֖וֹאand I came
vaavo'H935 →2568 times
לִֽירוּשָׁלִָ֑םto Jerusalem
lirushalimH3389 →643 times
וָאָבִ֣ינָהand I perceived !
vaavinahH995 →170 times
בָרָעָ֗ה<in> the evil thing
varaahH7451 →662 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֤הhe had done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
אֶלְיָשִׁיב֙Eliashib
ʾelyashivH475 →17 times
לְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔הfor Tobiah
letoiyahH2900 →18 times
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתby making
laasotH6213 →2628 times
לוֹ֙for him
lo
נִשְׁכָּ֔הa room
nishkahH5393 →3 times
בְּחַצְרֵ֖יin [the] courtyards of
bechatzreiH2691 →191 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezra 9:1After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like…
it leads to
- Leviticus 18:24–30
Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
- Nehemiah 9:2
Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
- Ezra 10:10–11
Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
- Leviticus 18:24–30
Through
Lamentations 1:10The adversary has seized all her treasures. For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary—those You had forbidden to enter Your assembly.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 23:3
No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
- Jeremiah 51:51
“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
- Lamentations 1:7
In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked…
- Psalms 74:4–8
Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
- Isaiah 64:10–11
Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation.
- Deuteronomy 23:3
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.