Ezra 10:2

Context
10:2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam,¹ addressed Ezra:

“We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying² foreign women from the local peoples.³ Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard.⁴

Ezra 10:26

Context

10:26 From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.

[10:2] ¹tc The translation reads with the Qere, many medieval Hebrew MSS, the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate עֵילָם (’elam, “Elam”) rather than the reading עוֹלָם (’olam, “eternity”) found in the MT.

[10:2] ²tn Heb “in that we have given a dwelling to.” So also in vv. 14, 17, 18.

[10:2] ³tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”

[10:2] ⁴tn Heb “upon this.”