Those who Married Foreign Women

¹⁸ Here is a list of priestly descendants who were found to have married foreign women. From Jeshua’s descendants:^[a] Jozadak’s son and his brothers Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. ¹⁹ Pleading guilty, they promised to divorce their wives. Then they offered a ram from their flocks for their offense.

²⁰ From Immer’s descendants: Hanani and Zebadiah. ²¹ From Harim’s descendants: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah. ²² From Pashhur’s descendants: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. ²³ From the descendants of Levi: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. ²⁴ From the singers: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.

²⁵ From the Israelis: Parosh’s descendants: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah, and Benaiah. ²⁶ From Elam’s descendants: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah. ²⁷ From Zattu’s descendants: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza. ²⁸ From Bebai’s descendants: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. ²⁹ From Bani’s descendants: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth. ³⁰ From Pahath-moab’s descendants: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh. ³¹ From Harim’s descendants: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, ³² Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah.

³³ From Hashum’s descendants: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. ³⁴ From Bani’s descendants: Maadai, Amram, Uel, ³⁵ Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, ³⁶ Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, ³⁷ Matanza, Maternai, Jas, ³⁸ Bani, Binai, Shihezi, ³⁹ Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, ⁴⁰ Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, ⁴¹ Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, ⁴² Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. ⁴³ From Nebo’s descendants: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.

⁴⁴ All of these had married foreign wives, and some of them had children by them.