All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
KJV
All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children.
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All these had taken strange wives,.... In all about one hundred and thirteen:
and some of them had wives by whom they had children; and yet they put them away, which made it the more difficult for them to do; and those that had none, it is thought to be a mark of God's displeasure at such marriages. No mention being made of the children being put away, as Shechaniah proposed,
Ezr 10:3
, it may be concluded they were not, but were taken care of, to be educated in the true religion, and entered proselytes at a proper time; and the rather, as Ezra gave no orders about their putting away,
Ezr 10:11
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