Tobiah Expelled and the Temple Cleansed

⁴ Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, ^(A)who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being ^[a]related to ^(B)Tobiah, ⁵ had prepared a large ^[b]room for him, where previously they used to put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil ^(C)prescribed for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the ^[c]contributions for the priests.

¹² All Judah then brought ^(A)the tithe of the grain, wine, and oil into the storehouses. ¹³ To be in charge of the storehouses, I appointed Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah from the Levites, and in addition to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for ^(B)they were considered reliable, and it was ^[a]their task to distribute to their kinsmen.