^{8 Ref} And it was evil in my eyes: so I had all Tobiah's things put out of the room.

^{9 Ref} Then I gave orders, and they made the rooms clean: and I put back in them the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the perfume.

^{10 Ref} And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field.

^{11 Ref} Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God been given up? And I got them together and put them in their places.