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Nehemiah 13:23-25 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 13 · verses 23–25
23In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: 24And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people. 25And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.Nehemiah 13:23-25 · King James Version
Nehemiah 13:23-25 in context
21Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.
22And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
23In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
24And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.
25And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
27Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- contendedrîybproperly, to tossH7378 →
- daughtersbatha daughterH1323 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- languageYᵉhûwdîyththe Jewish languageH3066 →
- languagelâshôwnthe tongue , used literally , and figurativelyH3956 →
- marriedyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- certainʼĕnôwsha man in generalH582 →
- AshdodʼAshdôwdîyan Ashdodite or inhabitant of AsdodH796 →
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We have here one instance more of Nehemiah's pious zeal for the purifying of his countrymen as a peculiar people to God; that was the thing he aimed at in the use of his power, not the enriching of himself. See here, I. How they had corrupted themselves by marrying strange wives.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 23-31