a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
Nebo
נְב֑וֹne.Vo
H5015
Nebo · proper noun, a man's name
Jeiel
יְעִיאֵ֤לye.'i.'El
H3273
Jeiel · proper noun, a man's name
Mattithiah
מַתִּתְיָה֙ma.tit.Yah
H4993
Mattithjah · proper noun, a man's name
Zabad
זָבָ֣דza.Vad
H2066
Zabad · proper noun, a man's name
Zebina
זְבִינָ֔אze.vi.Na'
H2081
Zebina · proper noun, a man's name
Jadau
יַדַּ֥יya.dov
H3035
Jiddo · proper noun, a man's name
Joel
וְיוֹאֵ֖לve.yo.'El
H3100
Joel · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
Benaiah
בְּנָיָֽהbe.na.Yah
H1141
Benajah · proper noun, a man's name
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Nehemiah 7:33 The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on Ezra 10:15–end
The method of proceeding in this matter being concluded on, and the congregation dismissed, that each in his respective place might gain and give intelligence to facilitate the matter, we are here told, 1. Who were the persons that undertook to manage the matter and bring the causes regularly before the commissioners - Jonathan and Jahaziah, two active men, whether of the priests or of the people does not appear; probably they were the men that made that proposal (Ezr 10:13, Ezr 10:14) and were therefore the fittest to see it pursued; two honest Levites were joined with them, and helped them, Ezr 10:15. Dr. Lightfoot gives a contrary sense of this: only (or nevertheless) Jonathan and Jahazia…
they gave their hands--that is, came under a solemn engagement, which was usually ratified by pledging the right hand (Pro 6:1; Eze 17:18). The delinquents of the priestly order bound themselves to do like the common Israelites (Ezr 10:25), and sought to expiate their sin by sacrificing a ram as a trespass offering.
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Adam Clarke on Ezra 10:25
Moreover of Israel - That is, as Calmet observes, simple Israelites, to distinguish them from the priests, Levites, and singers, mentioned in Ezr 10:18, Ezr 10:23, Ezr 10:24.
John Gill on Ezra 10:19
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives,.... They proposed to do it, and actually did it:
and being guilty; of which they were fully convinced:
they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass; to make atonement for it, and thereby set an example to others to do the like. Aben Ezra observes, that we do not find that the trespass offering was a mulct to such who married strange wives, and conjectures, that it was the advice of the chief men to do it. From hence, to the end of Ezra 10:43, is a list of the men that had married strange wives, and put them away; those in Ezra 10:20, were priests; in Ezra 10:23, Levites, and those of them who were singers or porters; the…
Dictionary and topics
Benaiah — Built up by Jehovah. (1.) The son of Jehoiada, chief priest (1 Chr. 27:5). He was set by David over his body-guard of Cherethites and Pelethites (2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kings 1:32; 1 Chr. 18:17). His…
Covenant — A contract or agreement between two parties. In the Old Testament the Hebrew word berith is always thus translated. Berith is derived from a root which means “to cut,” and hence a covenant is a…
Jadau — (loving), one of the Bene-Nebo who had taken a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:43) (B.C. 459.)
Jeiel — Snatched away by God. (1.) A descendant of Benjamin (1 Chr. 9:35; 8:29). (2.) One of the Levites who took part in praising God on the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 16:5). (3.) 2 Chr. 29:13.…
Joel — Jehovah is his God. (1.) The oldest of Samuel’s two sons appointed by him as judges in Beersheba (1 Sam. 8:2). (See VASHNI.) (2.) A descendant of Reuben (1 Chr. 5:4, 8). (3.) One of David’s famous…
Matithiah — (gift of God).
Nebo — Proclaimer; prophet. (1.) A Chaldean god whose worship was introduced into Assyria by Pul (Isa. 46:1; Jer. 48:1). To this idol was dedicated the great temple whose ruins are still seen at Birs…
Zabad — Gift. (1.) One of David’s valiant men (1 Chr. 11:41), the descendant of Ahlai, of the “children of Sheshan” (2:31). (2.) A descendant of Tahath (7:21). (3.) The son of Shemath. He conspired against…
Zebina — (purchase), one of the sons of Nebo who had taken foreign wives after the return from Babylon, (Ezra 10:43)
Alliance And Society With The Enemies Of God · Sin of, to be confessed, deeply repented of, and forsaken — Sin of, to be confessed, deeply repented of, and forsaken
Ammonites · Jews intermarry with — Jews intermarry with
Of Israel, as distinguished from priests and Levites, i.e., of the laity. Of these latter are given in all eighty-six names, belonging to ten races, vv. 25-43, who returned with Zerubbabel. See Nos. 1, 5, 6, 9, 8, 4, 30, 17, and 27 of the survey of these races. ירמות in Ezr 10:29 should, according to the Chethiv, be read ירמות. - The twofold naming of sons of Bani in this list (Ezr 10:29 and Ezr 10:34) is strange, and Bani is evidently in one of these places a mistake for some other name. Bertheau supposes that Bigvai may have stood in the text in one of these places. The error undoubtedly lies in the second mention of Bani (Ezr 10:34), and consists not merely in the wrong transcription of t…
It is unclear why these four people opposed the plan. Perhaps they wanted a stricter penalty, or perhaps they or members of their families did not want to divorce their foreign wives. That there were only four dissenters shows the overwhelming support the policy had gained among the rest of the exiles. Sadly, a few years later, a similar problem of intermarriage with pagan wives created another crisis within the community (Neh 9–10).
Rashi on Ezra 10:20
And of the sons of Immer All these are priests until (verse 23): “And of the Levites, etc.”
Amorites · Intermarry with Jews — Intermarry with Jews
Benaiah · 12. — 12.
Jebusites · Not exterminated, but they intermarry with the Israelites — Not exterminated, but they intermarry with the Israelites
Jeiel · 10. A priest who was — 10. A priest who was
Joel · 11. One of Nebo’s family — 11. One of Nebo’s family
Mattithiah · 4. An Israelite who divorced his Gentile wife after the — 4. An Israelite who divorced his Gentile wife after the
Nebo · 4. The ancestor of certain Jews — 4. The ancestor of certain Jews
Zabad · 5. Three Israelites who divorced their Gentile wives — 5. Three Israelites who divorced their Gentile wives
Zebina · General references — General references
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
