ബൈബിൾ എക്സ്പ്ലോറർ · സംഭവം · c. 432–430 BC

Nehemiah Cleanses the Temple and Reforms the Sabbath

Returning to Jerusalem after absence in Babylon, Nehemiah discovered grievous backsliding: he threw Tobiah the Ammonite’s furniture out of the temple storehouse, restored tithes to the Levites, enforced the Sabbath rest against foreign merchants, and banished the high priest’s grandson who had married Sanballat’s daughter.