KJV ORIGINAL
All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
All of these men had married foreign women, and some of them even had children with their foreign wives.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse describes how some Israelite men had married women from other nations and started families with them, which was against God's commands for His people.
📚 Historical Context
This verse concludes the list of Jewish men who had married foreign women after returning from Babylonian exile. During this time, Ezra was leading religious reforms to restore proper worship and obedience to God's law, which included prohibitions against intermarrying with pagan nations to prevent Israel from being led into idolatry.
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