1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and
2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam,
3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all
4 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with
5 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all
6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the
7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto
9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves
10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have
11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers,
12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice,
13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we
14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all
15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah
16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest,
17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange
18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had
19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives;
20 And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.
21 And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah,
22 And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael,
23 Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same
24 Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and
25 Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah,
26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and
27 And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and
28 Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and
29 And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub,
30 And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah,
31 And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah,
33 Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet,
34 Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 10:35 Benaiah,
41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, 10:42 Shallum, Amariah, and
43 Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau,
44 All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by