15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this , with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them. 16 But the exiles e did so . And Ezra the priest selected men who were heads of fathers' households for each of their father's households , all of them by name . So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter . 17 They finished investigating all the men who had married foreign wives by the first day of the first month . 18 Among the sons of the priests who had married foreign wives were found of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak , and his brothers : Maaseiah , Eliezer , Jarib and Gedaliah . 19 They pledged e to put away their wives , and being guilty , they offered a ram of the flock for their offense . 20 Of the sons of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah ; 21 and of the sons of Harim : Maaseiah , Elijah , Shemaiah , Jehiel and Uzziah ; 22 and of the sons of Pashhur : Elioenai , Maaseiah , Ishmael , Nethanel , Jozabad and Elasah . 23 Of Levites there were Jozabad , Shimei , Kelaiah (that is, Kelita ), Pethahiah , Judah and Eliezer . 24 Of the singers there was Eliashib ; and of the gatekeepers : Shallum , Telem and Uri . 25 Of Israel , of the sons of Parosh there were Ramiah , Izziah , Malchijah , Mijamin , Eleazar , Malchijah and Benaiah ; 26 and of the sons of Elam : Mattaniah , Zechariah , Jehiel , Abdi , Jeremoth and Elijah ; 27 and of the sons of Zattu : Elioenai , Eliashib , Mattaniah , Jeremoth , Zabad and Aziza ; 28 and of the sons of Bebai : Jehohanan , Hananiah , Zabbai and Athlai ; 29 and of the sons of Bani : Meshullam , Malluch and Adaiah , Jashub , Sheal and Jeremoth ; 30 and of the sons of Pahath-moab : Adna , Chelal , Benaiah , Maaseiah , Mattaniah , Bezalel , Binnui and Manasseh ; 31 and of the sons of Harim : Eliezer , Isshijah , Malchijah , Shemaiah , Shimeon , 32 Benjamin , Malluch and Shemariah ; 33 of the sons of Hashum : Mattenai , Mattattah , Zabad , Eliphelet , Jeremai , Manasseh and Shimei ; 34 of the sons of Bani : Maadai , Amram , Uel , 35 Benaiah , Bedeiah , Cheluhi , 36 Vaniah , Meremoth , Eliashib , 37 Mattaniah , Mattenai , Jaasu , 38 Bani , Binnui , Shimei , 39 Shelemiah , Nathan , Adaiah , 40 Machnadebai , Shashai , Sharai , 41 Azarel , Shelemiah , Shemariah , 42 Shallum , Amariah and Joseph . 43 Of the sons of Nebo there were Jeiel , Mattithiah , Zabad , Zebina , Jaddai , Joel and Benaiah . 44 All these had married foreign wives , and some of them had wives by whom they had children .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezra 10:15-44
Commentary on Ezra 10:15-44
(Read Ezra 10:15-44)
The best reformers can but do their endeavour; when the Redeemer himself shall come to Zion, he shall effectually turn away ungodliness from Jacob. And when sin is repented of and forsaken, God will forgive it; but the blood of Christ, our Sin-offering, is the only atonement which takes away our guilt. No seeming repentance or amendment will benefit those who reject Him, for self-dependence proves them still unhumbled. All the names written in the book of life, are those of penitent sinners, not of self-righteous persons, who think they have no need of repentance.