# But in all this time I was not in Jerusalem

"During the time all this was happening, I was away from Jerusalem"

# I was not

Here "I" refers to Nehemiah.

# a storeroom in the courts of the house of God

This was a room which had previously been purified to store offering supplies ([Nehemiah 13:5](./04.md)).

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/artaxerxes]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/babylon]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/courtyard]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/houseofgod]]