Ezra 10:20
New International Version
From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

New Living Translation
From the family of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

English Standard Version
Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

Berean Standard Bible
From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

King James Bible
And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.

New King James Version
Also of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah;

New American Standard Bible
Of the sons of Immer, there were Hanani and Zebadiah;

NASB 1995
Of the sons of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah;

NASB 1977
And of the sons of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah;

Legacy Standard Bible
Of the sons of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah;

Amplified Bible
Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah;

Christian Standard Bible
Hanani and Zebadiah from Immer’s descendants;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hanani and Zebadiah from Immer’s descendants;

American Standard Version
And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

Contemporary English Version
Hanani and Zebadiah from the family of Immer;

English Revised Version
And of the sons of Immer; Hanani and Zebadiah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah

Good News Translation
Clan of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah

International Standard Version
From Immer's descendants: Hanani and Zebadiah.

Majority Standard Bible
From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

NET Bible
From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

New Heart English Bible
Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

Webster's Bible Translation
And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.

World English Bible
Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah;

Young's Literal Translation
And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah;

Smith's Literal Translation
And from the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And of the sons of Emmer, Hanani, and Zebedia.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And from the sons of Immer, Hanani and Zebadiah.

New American Bible
Of the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah;

New Revised Standard Version
Of the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And of the sons of Immer, Hanani and Zechariah.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
From children of Amir: Khanani and Zekaryah.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And of the sons of Emmer; Anani, and Zabdia.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Those Guilty of Intermarriage
19They pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering. 20From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah. 21From the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.…

Cross References
Nehemiah 13:23-27
In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. / Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. / I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! ...

Malachi 2:11-12
Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. / As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.

Deuteronomy 7:3-4
Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.

1 Kings 11:1-2
King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.

Exodus 34:15-16
Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. / And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.

2 Corinthians 6:14-17
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ...

1 Corinthians 7:12-14
To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. / And if a woman has an unbelieving husband and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. / For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his believing wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.

Judges 3:5-6
Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

Nehemiah 10:30
We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.

1 Kings 16:31
And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

2 Kings 17:33-34
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. / To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.

2 Chronicles 21:6
And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 19:2
Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

1 Corinthians 5:9-11
I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. / I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. / But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.


Treasury of Scripture

And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah.

Immer

Ezra 2:37
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

1 Chronicles 24:14
The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

Nehemiah 7:40
The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

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Ezra 10
1. Ezra encouraged to reform the strange marriages
6. Ezra assembles the people
9. The people repent, and promise amendment
15. The care to perform it
18. The names of them which had married strange wives














From the descendants of Immer:
The descendants of Immer were one of the priestly families who returned from the Babylonian exile. Immer was one of the 24 priestly divisions established by King David (1 Chronicles 24:14). This division was responsible for serving in the temple, highlighting the importance of maintaining purity and adherence to the Law among the priesthood. The mention of Immer here underscores the need for the priests to lead by example in the community's spiritual renewal.

Hanani and Zebadiah:
Hanani and Zebadiah are listed as individuals from the priestly line of Immer who had taken foreign wives, which was against the Mosaic Law (Deuteronomy 7:3-4). Their inclusion in this list signifies their willingness to repent and rectify their actions by sending away their foreign wives, as part of the community's commitment to reestablishing covenant faithfulness. This act of repentance is a theme seen throughout the Old Testament, where returning to God's commands is necessary for spiritual restoration. The names Hanani and Zebadiah, meaning "gracious" and "Yahweh has bestowed," respectively, reflect the hope of divine grace and blessing upon their repentance.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Ezra
A scribe and priest who led the second group of exiles back to Jerusalem from Babylon. He was instrumental in the spiritual and religious reform of the Jewish people.

2. Descendants of Immer
A priestly family line. The mention of Hanani and Zebadiah indicates their involvement in the events of Ezra 10, where the Israelites were called to separate from foreign wives.

3. Hanani and Zebadiah
Members of the priestly family of Immer who were identified as having taken foreign wives, which was against the Law of Moses.

4. Jerusalem
The central place of worship and the city to which the exiles returned. It was the focal point of the religious reforms led by Ezra.

5. The Event of Repentance
In Ezra 10, the Israelites, under Ezra's leadership, confessed their sins and took action to rectify their disobedience to God's laws, particularly concerning intermarriage with foreign women.
Teaching Points
The Importance of Obedience
The account of Hanani and Zebadiah highlights the necessity of adhering to God's commandments, especially for those in leadership positions.

Repentance and Restoration
True repentance involves not just confession but also taking concrete steps to correct one's wrongs, as demonstrated by the actions of the Israelites in Ezra 10.

Community Accountability
The communal nature of the repentance in Ezra 10 shows the importance of holding each other accountable within the faith community.

The Role of Leadership in Spiritual Renewal
Ezra's leadership was crucial in guiding the people back to faithfulness, illustrating the impact of godly leadership.

The Consequences of Compromise
The intermarriages represented a compromise of faith, reminding believers of the dangers of allowing cultural influences to lead them away from God's standards.Verses 20-22. - On the priestly families of Immer, Harim, and Pashur see above, Ezra 2:37-39.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
From the descendants
וּמִבְּנֵ֣י (ū·mib·bə·nê)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Immer:
אִמֵּ֔ר (’im·mêr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 564: Immer -- the name of several Israelites, perhaps also a place in Babylon

Hanani
חֲנָ֖נִי (ḥă·nā·nî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2607: Hanani -- the name of several Israelites

and Zebadiah.
וּזְבַדְיָֽה׃ (ū·zə·ḇaḏ·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2069: Zebadiah -- 'Yah has bestowed', the name of several Israelites


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