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

6I was not in Jerusalem at that time, for I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign, though I later asked his permission to return. 7When I arrived back in Jerusalem, I learned about Eliashib’s evil deed in providing Tobiah with a room in the courtyards of the Temple of God. I became very upset and threw all of Tobiah’s belongings out of the room. 9Then I demanded that the rooms be purified, and I brought back the articles for God’s Temple, the grain offerings, and the frankincense. 10I also discovered that the Levites had not been given their prescribed portions of food, so they and the singers who were to conduct the worship services had all returned to work their 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 cloak and my shirt, pulled hair from my head and beard, and sat down utterly shocked.
• Ezra 10:1While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and lying face down on the ground in front of the Temple of God, a very large crowd of people from Israel—men, women, and children—gathered and wept bitterly with him.
• Psalms 69:9Passion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.
• Mark 11:15When they arrived back in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people buying and selling animals for sacrifices. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves,
• John 2:13It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, 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