Nehemiah 13:26-28

EasyEnglish Bible

²⁶ Solomon, king of Israel, did a bad thing when he married foreign women. There was no other king as great as him in any other nation. God loved him. God chose him to be king over all Israel. But Solomon's foreign wives caused him to do bad things, even though he was so great.

²⁷ We can never agree to all the evil things that you have done. If we all married foreign women, we would not be faithful to our God.’

²⁸ Joiada was the son of Eliashib, the leader of the priests. One of Joiada's sons had married a daughter of Sanballat, who came from Horon. I sent Joiada's son away from Jerusalem.