Ezra 10:44

44 Each of these men had a pagan wife, and some even had children by these wives.

Ezra 10:44 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 10:44

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 put them away, which made it the more difficult for them to do; and those that had none, it is thought to be a mark of God's displeasure at such marriages. No mention being made of the children being put away, as Shechaniah proposed, ( Ezra 10:3 ) , it may be concluded they were not, but were taken care of, to be educated in the true religion, and entered proselytes at a proper time; and the rather, as Ezra gave no orders about their putting away, ( Ezra 10:11 ) .

Ezra 10:44 In-Context

42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
43 From the family of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
44 Each of these men had a pagan wife, and some even had children by these wives.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or and they sent them away with their children. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
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