KJV ORIGINAL
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse lists three more men who had married foreign wives during the time when God's people were supposed to remain separate from surrounding nations.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of a longer list in Ezra 10 of Jewish men who had married women from neighboring pagan nations after returning from exile in Babylon. The Jewish leaders required these men to divorce their foreign wives to maintain religious purity and prevent the influence of idol worship that had previously led to Israel's downfall and exile.
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