1On that day they read in the book…
2because they didn’t meet the children of Israel…
3It came to pass, when they had heard…
4Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was…
5had prepared for him a great room, where…
6But in all this, I was not at…
7and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the…
8It grieved me severely. Therefore I threw all…
9Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms.…
10I perceived that the portions of the Levites…
11Then I contended with the rulers, and said,…
12Then all Judah brought the tithe of the…
13I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the…
14Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t…
15In those days I saw some men treading…
16Some men of Tyre also lived there, who…
17Then I contended with the nobles of Judah,…
18Didn’t your fathers do this, and didn’t our…
19It came to pass that when the gates…
20So the merchants and sellers of all kinds…
21Then I testified against them, and said to…
22I commanded the Levites that they should purify…
23In those days I also saw the Jews…
24and their children spoke half in the speech…
25I contended with them, cursed them, struck certain…
26Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these…
27Shall we then listen to you to do…
28One of the sons of Joiada, the son…
29Remember them, my God, because they have defiled…
30Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners and…
31and for the wood offering, at appointed times,…
