KJV ORIGINAL
Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
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Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse lists three more names of Israelite men who had married foreign women during the time when God's people were rebuilding their community after exile.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of a longer list in Ezra 10 documenting Jewish men who had married foreign wives after returning from Babylonian exile around 458 BC. Ezra the priest was leading a religious reform to restore proper worship and covenant faithfulness among God's people. The concern was that foreign marriages might lead the Israelites away from worshiping the one true God, as had happened before their exile.
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