Ezra 10:31
New International Version
From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

New Living Translation
From the family of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

English Standard Version
Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Berean Standard Bible
From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

King James Bible
And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

New King James Version
of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

New American Standard Bible
and of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

NASB 1995
and of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

NASB 1977
and of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Legacy Standard Bible
and of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Amplified Bible
and of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Christian Standard Bible
Harim’s descendants: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Harim’s descendants: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

American Standard Version
And of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

English Revised Version
And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshiah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

International Standard Version
From Harim's descendants: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Majority Standard Bible
From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

NET Bible
From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

New Heart English Bible
Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Webster's Bible Translation
And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

World English Bible
Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Young's Literal Translation
And of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Smith's Literal Translation
And the sons of Harim: Eleazar, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And of the sons of Herem, Eliezer, Josue, Melchias, Semeias, Simeon,

Catholic Public Domain Version
And from the sons of Harim, Eliezer, Jeshua, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Simeon,

New American Bible
of the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

New Revised Standard Version
Of the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And of the sons of Haram, Eliezer, Malchiah, Anshua, Shemaiah, Simeon,

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The sons of Kharam: Eliazar, Melakyah, Anshu, Shemaiah, Shemun.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And of the sons of Eram; Eliezer, Jesia, Melchia, Samaias, Semeon,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Those Guilty of Intermarriage
30From the descendants of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh. 31From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 32Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.…

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! ...

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 11:1-4
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. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. ...

Malachi 2:11
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.

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.

Joshua 23:12-13
For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

1 Kings 16:31-33
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. / First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria. / Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.

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.

2 Kings 17:7-8
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.

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.

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.

Matthew 19:4-6
Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ / and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? / So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”


Treasury of Scripture

And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

Harim

Ezra 2:32
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

Nehemiah 7:35
The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.

Nehemiah 3:11
Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

Malchijah

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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 Harim
The phrase "From the descendants of Harim" indicates a specific lineage within the Israelite community. Harim is one of the priestly families mentioned in the post-exilic period. The name Harim means "dedicated" or "consecrated," reflecting the family's role in religious service. This highlights the importance of maintaining purity and dedication to God, especially among those serving in priestly capacities. Historically, the return from exile was a time of re-establishing religious and cultural identity, and the mention of specific families underscores the continuity of God's covenant people.

Eliezer
The name Eliezer means "God is my help." This name is significant as it reflects a reliance on divine assistance, a theme prevalent throughout the book of Ezra. The returnees from Babylonian exile faced numerous challenges, and names like Eliezer served as a reminder of God's providence and support. In a broader scriptural context, Eliezer is a common name, appearing in various genealogies, each time emphasizing the importance of divine aid in the lives of God's people.

Ishijah
Ishijah, meaning "Jehovah will lend" or "Jehovah will support," is another name that underscores reliance on God. The inclusion of such names in the genealogical records serves as a testament to the faith and hope of the Israelites during the restoration period. It reflects a community that, despite past failures, looks to God for sustenance and guidance.

Malchijah
The name Malchijah means "my king is Jehovah." This name is a declaration of allegiance and recognition of God's sovereignty. In the context of Ezra, where the community is re-establishing itself under God's law, such names are a powerful reminder of the ultimate authority of God over His people. Historically, this period was marked by a return to theocratic principles, and names like Malchijah reinforced the centrality of God's kingship.

Shemaiah
Shemaiah means "heard by Jehovah." This name signifies the belief that God listens to the prayers and cries of His people. In the context of Ezra, where the community is seeking to rectify past disobedience, the assurance that God hears them is crucial. It reflects a relationship with God that is personal and responsive, encouraging the Israelites to continue in prayer and supplication.

Shimeon
The name Shimeon, similar to Shemaiah, means "heard" or "hearing." It emphasizes the importance of listening to God and being heard by Him. In the historical context of Ezra, where the people are striving to align themselves with God's will, the act of listening becomes vital. It is a call to obedience and attentiveness to God's commands, ensuring that the community remains faithful to the covenant.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
From the descendants
וּבְנֵ֖י (ū·ḇə·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Harim:
חָרִ֑ם (ḥā·rim)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 2766: Harim -- 'consecrated', the name of several Israelites

Eliezer,
אֱלִיעֶ֧זֶר (’ĕ·lî·‘e·zer)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 461: Eliezer -- 'God is help', the name of several Israelites, also of a Damascene

Isshijah,
יִשִּׁיָּ֛ה (yiš·šî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3449: Isshiah -- the name of several Israelites

Malchijah,
מַלְכִּיָּ֖ה (mal·kî·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4441: Malchijah -- 'my king is Yah', the name of a number of Israelites

Shemaiah,
שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה (šə·ma‘·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8098: Shemaiah -- 'Yah hears', the name of a number of Israelites

Shimeon,
שִׁמְעֽוֹן׃ (šim·‘ō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8095: Simeon -- a son of Jacob, also his tribe, also an Israelite with a foreign wife


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