And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

And it seemed to me exceeding evil. And I cast forth the vessels of the house of Tobias out of the storehouse.

And it grieved me much, and I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobijah out of the chamber.

And it grieved me greatly: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

and it is very displeasing to me, and I cast all the vessels of the house of Tobiah without, out of the chamber,

And it was evil in my eyes: so I had all Tobiah's things put out of the room.

And it seemed to me very evil. And I cast the vessels of the house of Tobiah outside of the storeroom.

I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah - He acted as Jesus Christ did when he found the courts of the Lord's house profaned: He overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of those who sold doves.

And it grieved me sore,.... That such a sacred place should be converted to common use, and to that of an Heathen, and of an enemy to the Jews and their religion:
therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber; as being chief magistrate, and acting by commission under the king of Persia, and to regulate everything amiss, according to the Jewish laws, as well as those of the king, his power being, no doubt, as large as Ezra's, Ezra 7:25, by "household stuff" is meant what is movable in the house, as chairs, tables, vessels for dressing, caring, drinking, &c. there are various opinions about this with the ancients (e).
(e) Vid. Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 1. c. 19.

This so greatly displeased him, that he cast out all the household stuff of Tobiah, and commanded the chamber to be purified, and the vessels of the house of God, the meat-offering and the frankincense, and probably the tenths and heave-offerings also, the enumeration being here only abbreviated, to be again brought into it. From the words household stuff, it appears that Tobiah used the chamber as a dwelling when he came from time to time to Jerusalem.

Grieved me - That so sacred a place should be polluted by one who in many respects ought not to come there, being no priest, a stranger, an Ammonite, and one of the worst of that people; and that all this should be done by the permission and order of the high - priest.