Ezra 10

Ezra · Chapter 10

Ezra 10:33

1Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.2And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.3Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.4Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.5Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.6Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.7And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;8And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.10And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.11Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.12Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.13But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.14Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.15Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.16And 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.17And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.18And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.19And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.20And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.21And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.22And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.23Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.24Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.25Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.26And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.27And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.28Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.29And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.30And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.31And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,32Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.33Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.34Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel,35Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh,36Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,37Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,38And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,39And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,40Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai,41Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,42Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph.43Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.44All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
33Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.From the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
of [the] sons ofמִבְּנֵ֖יmi-be-NEIH1121GNo entry
Hashumחָשֻׁ֑םcha-SHUMH2828G
Hashum

חָשֻׁם (cha.shum) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.19 § Hashum = "rich" 1) head of a family of 223 exiles returning with Zerubbabel 2) one of the priests or Levites who stood on Ezra's left while he read the law

Mattenaiמַתְּנַ֤יma-te-NAIH4982G
Mattenai

מַתְּנַי (mat.t.nay) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33 § Mattenai = "gift of Jehovah" 1) a priest, son of Joiarib, in the time of Joiakim 2) an Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra 3) another Israelite who had and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Mattattahמַתַּתָּה֙ma-ta-TAHH4992
Mattattah

מַתַּתָּה (mat.tat.tah) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33 § Mattathah = "gift of Jehovah" son of Hashum who took and put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Zabadזָבָ֣דza-VADH2066K
Zabad

זָבָד (za.vad) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33 § Zabad = "he endows" 1) a descendant of Judah; son of Nathan, grandson of Attai, great grandson of Ahlai Sheshan's daughter 2) son of Tahath 3) one of David's mighty warriors (could be the same as 1 above) 4) son of Shimeath, an Ammonitess; a conspirator against and, with Jehozabad, the murderer of Joash (also called 'Jozachar') 5) one of the sons of Zattu, who put away his foreign wife at the command of Ezra 6) one of the descendants of Hashum, who, in the time of Ezra, had a foreign wife …

Elipheletאֱלִיפֶ֔לֶט'e-li-FE-letH0467L
Eliphelet

אֲלִיפֶ֫לֶט (e.li.phe.let) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33 § Elpalet or Eliphalet or Eliphelet = "God is deliverance" 1) David's youngest son 2) one of David's mighty warriors 3) a Benjamite descendant of Jonathan 4) a leader of the clan of Adonikam 5) one of the line of Hashum

Jeremaiיְרֵמַ֥יye-re-MAIH3413
Jeremai

יְרֵמַי (ye.re.may) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33 § Jeremai = "my exaltations" a descendant of Hashum who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra and was compelled to put her away

Manassehמְנַשֶּׁ֖הme-na-SHEHH4519J
Manasseh

מְנַשֶּׁה (me.nash.sheh) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33 § Manasseh = "causing to forget" 1) the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh 1a) the tribe descended from Manasseh 1b) the territory occupied by the tribe of Manasseh 2) son of king Hezekiah of Judah and himself king of Judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile 3) a descendant of Pahath-moab who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 4) a descendant of Hashum who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Shimeiשִׁמְעִֽי׃ סshim-'IH8096S
Shimei

שִׁמְעִי (shim.i) A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.33 § Shimei or Shimhi or Shimi or Shimea = "renowned" 1) a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David 2) a Benjamite, son of Elah and commissariat officer in the time of Solomon 3) the Ramathite in charge of the vineyards of David 4) son of Gershon and grandson of Levi 5) a Levite, son of Jeduthun and chief of the 10th division of singers in the time of David 6) a Levite of the sons of Heman who took part in the purification of the temple in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah …

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.