Nehemiah 13:23

Saw I Jews. — The punishment shows that these were exceptional cases; but the transgression was of the most flagrant kind (see Nehemiah 13:1).

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of (l) Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab: (l) Which was a city of the Philistines and they had...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Some Details of Nehemiah's Rule. This section, taken for the most part from Nehemiah's memoirs, deals with his zeal for the sanctity of the Temple...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

had married. Notwithstanding the covenant of Nehemiah 10:30 and Ezra 10:12 ; Ezra 10:14 . Ashdod. Now, Esdud. Joshua 15:46
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jeru...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Reform of Abuses The reforms embraced the separation of Israel from the mixed multitude and the abolition of certain abuses that had arisen in...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

That had married wives, etc] The same practice was condemned by Ezra ( Nehemiah 9:10 ).
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE RIGOUR OF THE REFORMER Nehemiah 13:1-31 THERE is no finality in history. The chapter, that seems to be rounded off with a perfect conclusio...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Disobedient and Gainsaying People Nehemiah 13:15-31 Let us remember to keep perpetual Sabbath in the heart, whatever be our outward life. In...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this final section we have the account of Nehemiah's last reformation, After building the wall he had evidently gone back to the court of the king...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here we have recorded another instance of the zeal of Nehemiah in reforming abuses, both as it concerned the divine honor, and the people's happiness...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In those days also I saw Jews that married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab. Ashdod, or Azotus, as it is called in Acts 8:40 , was one of th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

In those days also saw I Jews [that] had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab: Ver. 23. In those days saw I Jews ] Outwardly, at least...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod A city of the Philistines; of Ammon and of Moab They had married strangers, though not long befo...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SEPARATION FROM MIXTURE (vv. 1-3) At this same time, of which chapter 12:27-47 speaks, they read in the Book of Moses that no Ammonite or Moabit...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Dismissal of Strange Wives. B. C. 434....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ashdod; a city of the Philistines, 1 Samuel 5:1,2 , &c.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Separation From Idolatrous Foreign Women ( Nehemiah 13:23-27 ). Nehemiah's final act to which he calls God's attention is his purifying of Jerusal...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Nehemiah 13:6 . In the thirty second year of Artaxerxes. Having been governor in Jerusalem twelve years, Nehemiah returned to the king, at Babyl...
The Biblical Illustrator

And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Elashib did. The religious reformer Remark-- I. The state of Jerusalem during Nehem...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION NEHEMIAH 'S EFFORTS FOR THE REFORM OF RELIGION ( Nehemiah 13:1-16 ). After having exercised the office of governor for t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Asbdod, women of the Philistines, of Ammon, and of Moab, the reforms of Ezra having been se...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Intermarriages Forbidden
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 5:1 ; 2 Corinthians 6:14 ; Ezra 10:10 ; Ezra 10:44 ; Ezra 9:11 ; Ezra 9:12 ; Ezra 9:2 ; Nehemiah 10:30 ; Nehemiah 13:1-3

²³ In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 13:23

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 13:23