6. But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king; and after some days I asked leave of the king,
7. and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of God’s house.
8. It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all Tobiah’s household stuff out of the room.
9. Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms. I brought into them the vessels of God’s house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense again.
10. I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had each fled to his field.
11. Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God’s house forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
12. Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the treasuries.