16:013:005 And he had prepared for him a great chamber,
where aforetime
they
laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the
vessels,
and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the
oil,
which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and
the
singers,
and the porters; and the offerings of the priests.
16:013:006 But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem:
for in the two
and
thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I
unto
the
king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the
king:
16:013:007 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.
16:013:008 And it grieved me sore: therefore
I cast forth all the
household
stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.
16:013:009 Then I commanded, and they cleansed the
chambers: and thither
brought
I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat
offering
and the frankincense.
16:013:010 And I perceived that the portions of the
Levites had not been
given
them: for the Levites and the singers, that did
the
work,
were fled every one to his field.
16:013:011 Then contended I with the rulers, and said,
Why is the house
of
God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and
set them in
their
place.
16:013:012 Then brought all Judah the tithe of the
corn and the new wine
and
the oil unto the treasuries.
16:013:013 And I made treasurers over the treasuries,
Shelemiah the
priest,
and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah:
and
next
to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of
Mattaniah:
for they were counted faithful, and their office
was
to distribute unto their brethren.
16:013:014 Remember me, O my God, concerning this,
and wipe not out my
good
deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and
for
the
offices thereof.
16:013:015 In those days saw I in Judah some treading
wine presses on the
sabbath,
and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also
wine,
grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which
they
brought
into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified
against
them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
16:013:016 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which
brought fish, and
all
manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children
of
Judah, and in Jerusalem.
16:013:017 Then I contended with the nobles of Judah,
and said unto them,
What
evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath
day?


