Nehemiah 13:8

Nehemiah 13:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
• New International Version (NIV)I was greatly displeased and threw all Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I was very angry, and I threw all the household furniture of Tobiah out of the chamber.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it grieved me bitterly; therefore I threw all the household goods of Tobiah out of the room.

Context of Nehemiah 13:8

6While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king 7to 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. And I was greatly displeased and threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room. 9Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense. 10I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.

Nehemiah 13:8 word by word

וַיֵּ֥רַֽע לִ֖י מְאֹ֑ד וָֽאַשְׁלִ֜יכָה אֶֽת־כָּל־כְּלֵ֧י בֵית־טוֹבִיָּ֛ה הַח֖וּץ מִן־הַלִּשְׁכָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• And I was greatlyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• displeasedרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489
• and threwשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• of Tobiah’sטוֹבִיָּ֫הוּţôbîyâh ţôbîyâhû · TobiahH2900
• householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• goodsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• outחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• ofמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the roomלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957

Cross-references for Nehemiah 13:8

• Ezra 9:3When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.
• Ezra 10:1While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.
• Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
• Mark 11:15When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
• John 2:13When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 13:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah - He acted as Jesus Christ did when he found the courts of the Lord's house profaned: He overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of those who sold doves.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9I was greatly displeased...I ordered: When people rejected God's instructions, Nehemiah spoke up. Everything related to the temple had to be purified and dedicated to God. This included: The clothes that the priests and Levites wore (Exodus 29) The priests themselves (Leviticus 8–9) The temple building and altars (Leviticus 16:15–33) All the holy items (1 Chronicles 23:28) They were all purified (compare 2 Chronicles 29:5, 15–19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-96-9. But in all this was not I at Jerusalem--Eliashib (concluding that, as Nehemiah had departed from Jerusalem, and, on the expiry of his allotted term of absence, had resigned his government, he had gone not to return) began to use great liberties, and, there being none left whose authority or frown he dreaded, allowed himself to do things most unworthy of his sacred office, and which, though in unison with his own irreligious character, he would not…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 13:8

• Eliashib
• Minister, Christian
• Priest
• Tobiah
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Contend
• Outlandish
• Testify
• Understand
• Grief; Grieve
• Priest, High
• Stuff

Commentaries on Nehemiah 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings