When Jaddua was the high priest, an important Kuthean (i.e Samaritan) named Sanballat gave his daughter Nicaso as a wife to Jaddua's brother Manasseh. However, the leaders of the people, and eventually Jaddua himself, were uneasy with this marriage to a foreigner, and tried to get him to divorce...
alexander the great
divorce
ezraezra 10
flavius
foreign wives
hebrew
helenistic
heretic
interracial marriage
intertestamental
josephus
levirate marriage
marriage
papists
polygamy
providence of god
samaritans
unequally yoked
wives
Does anyone have any reformed commentary or insight on the numerical differences in Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7? Contextually, I’d like to have a better understanding on this. Thanks!
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