 These storerooms had been intended for the Israelites' grain offerings, incense, temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine and oil meant for the work of the temple and the temple workers themselves.Upon hearing this, Nehemiah, who was then in Babylon serving Artaxerxes I of Persia, requested permission to return to Judah.After returning, he promptly threw all of Tobiah's belongings out of the temple room, purified the room, and put back all that had originally been there.