Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 5:20; Proverbs 5:3
Compare with the list in Ezra 2 . Ezra 10:19 They gave their hands - i. e., “solemnly pledged themselves” (compare the marginal references...
All these had taken strange wives: and [some] of them had wives by whom they had (n) children. (n) Who also were made illegitimate because the marri...
A List of those who had Married Foreign Wives. These include seventeen priests, together with Levites, singers, and doorkeepers, and also laymen.
strange . foreign. Thus ends the first part of this book "Ezra-Nehemiah"; not abruptly; as it is followed by the second part, which is concerned...
All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children. Some of them had wives by whom they had children - This ob...
Ver. 44. These had taken strange wives, &c.— The number is not very great, if compared with all those who came out of captivity; but they s...
The Foreign Wives are Divorced 3. According to the law] see Deuteronomy 24:1-2 , which required a bill of divorcement.
Some of them, etc.] The text is obscure and perhaps corrupt: the LXX renders 'and had begotten children by them'; whilst 1Es 9:36 has 'and they...
(18-44) List of the transgressors. (19) They gave their hands. — The four members of the high priest’s family were peculiarly dealt with. They gave...
THE HOME SACRIFICED TO THE CHURCH Ezra 10:1-44 EZRA'S narrative, written in the first person, ceases with his prayer, the conclusion of which b...
The sincerity and passion of Ezra's vicarious repentance produced immediate results. The people had gathered about him through the long hours of the...
Observe, Reader, how the names of the offenders are recorded. No doubt both in judgment and in mercy. How fully doth it show forth the covenant love...
REFLECTIONS PAUSE, my soul, over this chapter, and before I close this book of divine inspiration, and shut up the view of this great man's history...
All these had taken strange wives ,.... In all about one hundred and thirteen: and some of them had wives by whom they had children ; and yet they...
All these had taken strange wives: and [some] of them had wives by whom they had children. Ver. 44. And some of them had wives by whom they had ch...
All these had taken strange wives “The number is not very great,” says Dr. Dodd, “if compared with all who came out of captivity; but they seem to...
ACTION FOLLOWING PRAYER (vv. 1-17) Ezra expected an answer to his prayer, and God provided the answer immediately in moving a very huge number of...
15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite...
Whereby he implies that most of their wives were barren; which came to pass by God's special providence, partly to manifest his displeasure against s...
The Names Of Those Involved In Marrying Idolatrous Foreign Women ( Ezra 10:18-44 ). Ezra then prepared for Artaxerxes, the king of Persia, a list...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] In this chapter we have the account of—(i.) Shechaniah’s proposal to put away the strange wives ( Ezra 10:1-5 ). (ii...
Ezra 10:6 . When he came. It should read, till he came thither, as appears from chap. Ezra 9:4 , and at a late hour after the evening devotion....
And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua. The list of offenders For what...
EXPOSITION REPENTANCE OF THE PEOPLE , AND COVENANT SWORN TO , ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF SHECHANIAH ( Ezra 10:1-15 ). Whil...
Catalog of Men who had taken Strange Wives
All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children, a fact which, of course, in. creased the difficulties of Ezr...
Had children — This implies that most of their wives were barren. Which came to pass by God's special providence, to manifest his displeasure again...
44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.