and of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza;
Parallel translations
- WEB Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
- KJV And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
- BSB From the descendants of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
- NKJV of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza;
- NLT From the family of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza.
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Quick answer
Six men from the family of Zattu are listed among those who had married foreign women. The accounting moves through another Israelite family.
Overview
This verse continues the register of laypeople involved in the unlawful marriages, naming members of the house of Zattu. The repetition of family after family conveys the breadth of the problem and the diligence of the response. The detailed list testifies to a community determined to deal fully and openly with its sin.
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