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 of this was taking place, I wasn’t in Jerusalem. In the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes’ reign in Babylon, I returned to the king. Later, I asked the king for permission to return. 7I went to Jerusalem and discovered the evil thing Eliashib had done by providing Tobiah with a room in God’s temple. I was furious. So I threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room. 9Then I told them to cleanse the rooms, and I put back in there the utensils from God’s temple, the offerings, and the incense. 10I learned that the Levites had not been given their portions. So each of the Levites and singers, who conducted the worship ⌞in the temple⌟, had left for their own fields.

Nehemiah 13:8 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it grievedיָרַעyâra‛ · quiverH3415
• me soreמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• therefore I cast forthשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• all the householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• stuffכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• of Tobiahטוֹבִיָּ֫הוּţôbîyâh ţôbîyâhû · TobiahH2900
• out ofחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• the chamberלִשְׁכָּהlishkâh · chamberH3957

Cross-references for Nehemiah 13:8

• Ezra 9:3When I heard this, I tore my clothes ⌞in distress⌟, pulled hair from my scalp and my beard, and sat down in shock.
• Ezra 10:1While Ezra was praying, confessing ⌞these sins⌟, crying, and throwing himself down in front of God’s temple, a large crowd of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. They also began to cry bitterly.
• Psalms 69:9Indeed, devotion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
• Mark 11:15When they came to Jerusalem, Jesus went into the temple courtyard and began to throw out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the moneychangers’ tables and the chairs of those who sold pigeons.
• John 2:13The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went 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