^{8 Ref} And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

^{9 Ref} Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense.

^{10 Ref} And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

^{11 Ref} 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.