And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
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Gill's Exposition
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest,.... A grandson of the high priest; for the high priest here is Eliashib, according to our version, and not Joiada his son, according…
Adam Clarke
I contended with them - Proved the fact against these iniquitous fathers, in a legal assembly.
And cursed them - Denounced the judgments of God and the sentence of the law upon them.
Smote certain of…
We have here one instance more of Nehemiah's pious zeal for the purifying of his countrymen as a peculiar people to God; that was the thing he aimed at in the use of his power, not the enriching of…
Cambridge Bible
I contended Cf. Neh 13:13; Neh 13:13.
cursed R.V. marg. -Or, reviled". For the word -to curse" (qalal) cf. Neh 13:13; Mal 3:9; Mal 4:6.
smote … pluckt off their hair Nehemiah's frantic excitement…
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