Ezr 10:29-44 - Commentary

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Text -- Ezra 10:29-44 (NET)

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10:29 From the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth. 10:30 From the descendants of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh. 10:31 From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 10:32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. 10:33 From the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. 10:34 From the descendants of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, 10:35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi, 10:36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 10:37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu. 10:38 From the descendants of Binnui: Shimei, 10:39 Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, 10:40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 10:41 Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, 10:42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. 10:43 From the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah. 10:44 All these had taken foreign wives, and some of them also had children by these women.

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· Adaiah a woman's name; King Josiah's grandmother,the son of Ethan (Gershom, Levi); ancestor of Asaph,the son of Shimei of Benjamin,son of Jeroham; a priestly leader of those returning from exile,father of Ma-Aseiah, a commander who helped enthrone Joash,an Israelite (Bani) who put away his heathen wife,an Israelite (Binnui) who put away his heathen wife,the son of Joiarib of Judah of pre-exile times,son of Jeroham; head of the priestly clan of Melchijah

· Adna a commander (Manasseh) of Saul's who defected to David,a commander of 300,000 Judean men under King Jehoshaphat

· Amariah a Levite (Hebron Kohath); founder of a sub-clan of Hebron,the chief priest, Amariah I; son of Marioth I; 1100 BC,son of Azariah II; chief priest under Jehoshaphat; Amariah II,a Levite temple assistant to Kore under King Hezekiah; 725 BC,son of King Hezekiah; 700 BC,an Israelite (Binnui) who put away his heathen wife; 458 BC,a priestly leader who returned with Zerubbabel 537 BC (NIVsn),son of Shephatiah of Judah

· Amram son of Kohath son of Levi,an Israelite (Bani) who put away his heathen wife

· Azarel a man of Benjamin who defected to David at Ziklag,chief of the 11th division of singers under David,son of Jeroham; chief of the tribe of Dan under David,an Israelite (Binnui) who put away his heathen wife,son of Ahzai; a returned exile priest musician

· Bani a man of Gad; one of David's military elite,son of Shemer (Merari Aaron Levi),a man descended from Perez of Judah,a non-Levite ancestor of men who put away their heathen wives,a non-Levite ancestor of others who put away heathen wives,a Levite who helped Ezra explain the reading of the law,son of Henadad (Levi); a signer of the pledge to keep the law,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law,son of Hashabiah and father of head Levite Uzzi under Nehemiah

· Bedeiah a layman of the Bani clan who put away his heathen wife

· Benaiah son of Jehoiada; commander of King Solomon's army,son of Jehoiada of Pirathon in Ephraim; one of David's elite,head of a large influential family of Simeon in Hezekiah's time,a Levite worship leader in David's time,a priest in David's time,father of Jehoiada, one of king David's counselors,son of Jeiel; a priest under Jehoshaphat,a man who was a temple helper in the time of Hezekiah,a layman of the Parosh clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Pahath-Moab clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Bani clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Nebo clan who put away his heathen wife,the father of Pelatiah, a wicked counselor exposed by Ezekiel

· Benjamin the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

· Bezalel the son of Uri of Judah who made the things in the tabernacle,a layman of the Pahath-Moab clan who put away his heathen wife

· Binnui a Levite whose son (or descendant), Noadiah returned from exile,a layman of the Pahath-Moab clan who put away his heathen wife,forefather of certain men who put away their heathen wives.,a man of the clan of Henadad who helped repair the wall,a man whose descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel,a man of Levi who returned with Zerubbabel from exile

· Chelal a layman of the Pahath-Moab clan who put away his heathen wife

· Cheluhi a layman of the Bani clan who put away his heathen wife

· Eliashib chief of a division of priests serving in David's sanctuary,son of Eli-O-Enai, (Hananiah Zerubbabel David),high priest in the days of Nehemiah,a Levite singer who agreed to put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Zattu clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Bani clan who put away his heathen wife,a chief priest; son of Joiakim

· Eliezer a son of Jorim; the father of Joshua; an ancestor of Jesus,Abraham's servant from Damascus,son of Moses,son of Becher son of Benjamin,a priest in David's time,son of Zichri; David's chief officer over the Reubenites,son of Dodavahu of Mareshah who prophesied against Jehoshaphat.,one of the leaders Ezra sent to Iddo to ask for recruits,a priest of the Jeshua clan who put away his heathen wife,a man who put away his heathen wife; a Levite,a layman of the Harim clan who put away his heathen wife

· Harim a chief of a division of priests serving in David's sanctuary,a priest leader of some who returned from exile with Zerubbabel,the forefather of certain men who put away their heathen wives,a priest who signed the covenant to keep God's law,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to keep God's law

· Hashum a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon,an official who stood with Ezra when he publicly read the law,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law

· Isshijah a layman of the Harim clan who put away his heathen wife

· Jaasu a layman of the Bani clan who put away his heathen wife

· Jaddai a layman of the Nebo clan who put away his heathen wife

· Jashub son of Issachar son of Israel,a layman of the Bani clan who put away his heathen wife

· Jeiel a descendant of Shelah of Judah, who returned from exile with his family,one of the Levites of Elizaphan that King Hezekiah assigned to supervise the cleansing of the temple,head of a family group descended from Adonikam who returned from exile

· Jeremai a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Hashum

· Jeremoth son of Beriah of Benjamin,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Elam,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Zattu,son of Becher son of Benjamin,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Bani,a Levitical chief of the descendants of Mushi son of Merari, under King David,leader of the 15th division of Levites in David's time,son of Azriel; David's chief officer over the tribe of Naphtali

· Joel a son of Pethuel and a prophet to Judah,son of Samuel of Kohath son of Levi,head of a large influential family of Simeon in King Hezekiah's time,a powerful leader among the descendants of Reuben,a chief of the tribe of Gad,son of Azariah (Uzziah) of Kohath; one of the Levites that King Hezekiah assigned to supervise the cleansing of the temple,son of Izrahiah of Issachar,brother of Nathan; one of David's military elite,a Levitical chief of the descendants of Ladan under King David,son of Ladan and temple treasurer under King David,son of Pedaiah; David's chief officer over the tribe of Manasseh,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Nebo,a man who lived in Jerusalem in Nehemiah's time; son of Zichri,son of Pethuel; a prophet who wrote the book of Joel

· Joseph the husband of Mary and foster-father of Jesus,a Jewish man from Arimathea in whose grave the body of Jesus was laid,two different men listed as ancestors of Jesus,a man nominated with Matthias to take the place of Judas Iscariot as apostle,a son of Jacob and Rachel; the father of Ephraim and Manasseh and ruler of Egypt,a brother of Jesus; a son of Mary,a man who was a companion of Paul,son of Jacob and Rachel; patriarch of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh,a tribe, actually two tribes named after Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh,father of Igal, of Issachar, who helped spy out Canaan,son of Asaph the Levite; worship leader under Asaph and King David,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Binnui,priest and head of the house of Shebaniah under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah

· Ma-Adai a layman of the Bani clan, who put away his heathen wife

· Ma-Aseiah a Levite worship leader in David's time,son of Adaiah; a commander who helped enthrone King Joash,a man who was a recruiting officer for King Uzziah's army,son of King Ahaz,a man who was governor of Jerusalem under King Josiah,a priest descended from Jeshua who put away his heathen wife,a priest descended from Harim who put away his heathen wife,a priest descended from Pashhur who put away his heathen wife,a layman of Pahath-Moab clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Ananiah; father of Azariah who helped repair the wall,a man who stood with Ezra when he read the law to the assembly,a Levite who helped Ezra explain the reading of the law,an chief who signed the covenant to keep the law of Moses,son of Baruch of Judah; a returned exile in Jerusalem,son of Ithiel of Benjamin,a priest who helped celebrate the completion of the wall,father of Zephaniah the priest in the time of Jeremiah,a false prophet in the time of King Zedekiah of Judah,son of Shallum, a gate keeper under King Jehoiakim

· Machnadebai a layman of the Binnui Clan who put away his heathen wife

· Malchijah an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Malkiyah',son of Ethni, of Gershom of Levi; ancestor of Asaph,a priest whose descendants returned from exile; father of Pashhur,chief of a division of priests serving in David's sanctuary,a layman of the Parosh Clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Harim Clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Harim; a repairer of the walls of Jerusalem,son of Rechab; one who repaired the Dung Gate,a man who was a goldsmith and helped repair the wall,a man who stood with Ezra when he read the law to the assembly,a priest who helped celebrate the completion of the wall,as representing the Hebrew name 'Malkiram',son of King Jehoiachin

· Malluch a priest and leader under Zerubbabel

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NET Notes: Ezr 10:31 The translation reads with many medieval Hebrew MSS and ancient versions וּמִבְּנֵי (umibb...

NET Notes: Ezr 10:34 The name “Bani” appears in both v. 29 and v. 34. One of these names has probably undergone alteration in the transmission process, but it ...

NET Notes: Ezr 10:38 The translation reads וּמִבְּנֵי בִנּוּי (umibb&...

NET Notes: Ezr 10:44 The final statement in v. 44 is difficult in terms of both its syntax and its meaning. The present translation attempts to make sense of the MT. But t...

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