Righting wrongs

 In the final chapter from the book of Nehemiah, chapter 13, there was a priest named Eliashib.  He was appointed to watch over the house of God and had taken upon himself to reassign a large room to an adversary of Jerusalem named Tobiah.

All of the items that were usually stored in that room was removed and Tobiah's belongings were placed inside.  Even all of those assigned to duties inside the house of God were told to leave, so they left to tend their fields.

When Nehemiah returned from Syria, he was not happy with what had transpired.  He threw out all of Tobiah's belongings and gave the order to have the rooms in the house of God cleaned.  He then righted the wrongs done to him by the previous priest and set everything back in order.

Nehemiah trusted Eliashib prior to his trip, because Eliashib was a very gifted priest.  But he was not faithful to God, and that is where everything went wrong.  There were many things that occurred while he was away.  Even those who had promised not to wed and have children from those who did not believe in God, they did so in his absence.  Also, merchants set up tables on the Sabbath and sold their wares.  Nehemiah threw them out of the city and said he would arrest them if they continued.