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Nehemiah 13:28 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 13 · verse 28
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.Nehemiah 13:28 · King James Version
Nehemiah 13:28 in context
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?
28And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
30Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- SanballatÇanballaṭSanballat, a Persian satrap of SamariaH5571 →
- EliashibʼElyâshîybEljashib, the name of six IsraelitesH475 →
- HoroniteChôrônîya Choronite or inhabitant of ChoronaimH2772 →
- JoiadaYôwyâdâʻJojada, the name of two IsraelitesH3111 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- sonsbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
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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