KJV ORIGINAL
And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse lists three more men who had married foreign women and needed to divorce them as part of Israel's commitment to follow God's law.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of a longer list of Israelite men who had married foreign women during the Babylonian exile period. When Ezra led the people back to Jerusalem around 458 BC, he discovered that many had intermarried with pagan nations, which God had forbidden because it led to idol worship and spiritual compromise. The community was going through a painful but necessary process of ending these marriages to restore their covenant relationship with God.
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