Study it in the app“and I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in making him a chamber in the courts of the house of Elohim.”
and I cameוָאָבוֹאto Jerusalem,לִירוּשָׁלִָםand I understoodוָאָבִינָהthe evilבָרָעָהthatאֲשֶׁרEliashibאֶלְיָשִׁיבhad doneעָשָׂהfor Tobiah,לְטוֹבִיָּהin makingלַעֲשׂוֹתhimלוֹa chamberנִשְׁכָּהin the courtsבְּחַצְרֵיof the houseבֵּיתof Elohim.הָאֱלֹהִים
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “avo” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearsunderstand
To understand, realize.
Where else “avina” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsEliashib
Eliashib: the name of several Israelites, among them a high priest of Nehemiah's time. The name means "God will bring back."
Where else “elyashiv” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appearsTobijah
Tobijah: name of several people. It means "good is Yah."
Where else “toviya” appearschamber
Chamber, room: a room beside the temple or in the wall.
Where else “nishka” appearscourt
An enclosed open space, like the temple's.
Where else “chatsre” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
6And during all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had gone to the king; and at the end of some days I asked leave of the king
7 · This verse (above)
8And it seemed wrong to me greatly, and I threw all the utensils of the house of Tobiah outside of the chamber.
