Nehemiah 13:28 · KJV
“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.”
— Nehemiah 13:28
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. {because...: Heb. for the defilings}
Nehemiah 13 — Context
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.
27Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
28And {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.
29Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. {because...: Heb. for the defilings}
30Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard {it}, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What {is} this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
Nehemiah 12:22
The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, {were} recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
Nehemiah 6:17-19
Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and {the letters} of Tobiah came unto them. {sent...: Heb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah}
Nehemiah 12:10
And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
Nehemiah 2:10
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard {of it}, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Romans 13:3-4
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
Proverbs 20:8
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
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