Ezra 10:44
All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had offspring.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
In Context
43Of the sons of Nebo, Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.
Cross References
Ezra 10:3Let us now make an agreement with our God to put away all the wives and all their children, if it seems right to my lord and to those who go in fear of the words of our God; and let it be done in keeping with the law.
Proverbs 5:3For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
Matthew Henry on Ezra 10:16-44
15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. 16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. 18… Read the whole commentary →