⁶^*But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the ^ktwo and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes ^lking of Babylon came I unto the king, and ^†after certain days ^||obtained I leave of the king: ⁷And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that ^gEliashib did for ^hTobiah, ^min preparing him ⁿa chamber in the courts of the house of God.

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kch. 5:14.
lComp. Ezra 6:22.
†Heb. at the end of days.
||Or, I earnestly requested. 1 Sam. 20:6, 28 (Heb.).
gver. 7, 28. See ch. 3:1.
hSee ch. 2:10.
mver. 5.
nSee ch. 3:30.

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*About B.C. 434.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king and came to Jerusalem, and I then discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, preparing for him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But while all this was going on, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Some time later I asked his permission and came back to Jerusalem. Here I learned about the evil thing Eliashib had done in providing Tobiah a room in the courts of the house of God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. It was only later that I asked the king for a leave of absence so I could return to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done on behalf of Tobiah by providing him a room in the courts of God’s house.

NLTNew Living Translation

I was not in Jerusalem at that time, for I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign, though I later asked his permission to return. When I arrived back in Jerusalem, I learned about Eliashib’s evil deed in providing Tobiah with a room in the courtyards of the Temple of God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

During all of this, I was not in Jerusalem because in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. At the end of some days I asked permission from the king to leave. So I came to Jerusalem. And I came to learn of the wrong that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by making him a room in the courtyard of the house of God.