KJV ORIGINAL
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse lists three more names of Israelite men who had married foreign women during the time of exile.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of a longer list in Ezra 10 documenting Jewish men who had married foreign wives while in Babylonian exile. After returning to Jerusalem, Ezra led a religious reform requiring these men to divorce their foreign wives to preserve the religious purity of the Jewish community and prevent the worship of foreign gods.
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