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Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, ^(C1)who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being ^(F1)related to ^(C2)Tobiah,

had prepared a large ^(F1)room for him, where previously they used to put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil ^(C1)prescribed for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the ^(F2)contributions for the priests.

But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in ^(C1)the thirty-second year of ^(C2)Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had come to the king. After some time, however, I requested a leave of absence from the king,

and I came to Jerusalem and ^(F1)learned about the evil that Eliashib had committed for ^(F2)Tobiah, ^(C1)by preparing a ^(F3)room for him in the courtyards of the house of God.