16:013:023 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
16:013:024 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
16:013:025 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.
16:013:026 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among
many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of
his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless
even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
16:013:027 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
16:013:028 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high
priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I
chased him from me.
16:013:029 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the
priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the
Levites.
16:013:030 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the
wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his
business;
16:013:031 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.