And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra,....
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Ezra 10:2
Ezra 10:2
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Ezra 10 — OverviewEzra 10 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have that grievance redressed which was complained
of and lamented in the foregoing chapter. Observe, I. How the people's
hearts were prepared for the redress of it by their deep humiliation…Ezra 10 — OverviewEzra 10 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeEzra 10:1, Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages; Ezra 10:6, Ezra assembles the people; Ezra 10:9, The people repent, and promise amendment; Ezra 10:15, The care to perform it; Ezra 10:18, The names of them…Ezra 10 — OverviewEzra 10 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleUpon Ezra's prayer and confession, it was proposed by Shechaniah, that those who had married strange wives should put them away with their children, which they swore to do, Ezr 10:1, and proclamation was made throughout…Ezra 10:1-5Ezra 10:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe are here told,
I. What good impressions were made upon the people by Ezra's
humiliation and confession of sin. No sooner was it noised in the city
that their new governor, in whom they rejoiced, was himself in…Ezra 10:2Ezra 10:2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeShechaniah: Ezra 10:26; Nehemiah 3:29
Elam: Ezra 2:7, Ezra 2:31; Nehemiah 7:12, Nehemiah 7:34
We have trespassed: Shechaniah here speaks in the name of the people, not acknowledging himself culpable; for he is not in…