Neemia 6:18

La Riveduta Bibbia

giacché molti in Giuda gli eran legati per giuramento perch’egli era genero di Scecania figliuolo di Arah, e Johanan, suo figliuolo, avea sposata la figliuola di Meshullam, figliuolo di Berekia.

Parallel Translations

La Nuova Diodati
Molti in Giuda erano infatti legati a lui con giuramento, perch egli era genero di Scekaniah figlio di Arah, e suo figlio Jehohanan aveva sposato la figlia di Meshullam, figlio di Berekiah.

Giovanni Diodati Bibbia
Perciocchè molti in Giuda erano in giuramento con lui; conciossiachè egli fosse genero il Secania, figliuolo di Ara; e Iohanan, suo figliuolo, avea presa per moglie la figliuola di Mesullam, figliuolo di Berechia.

Bible Verse Review
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Arah: Nehemiah 7:10, Ezra 2:5

Meshullam: Nehemiah 3:4, Nehemiah 3:30

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 13:4 - allied Jeremiah 41:10 - to the

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For there were many in Judah sworn unto him,.... To Tobiah, who not only in a private manner corresponded with him by letters, but bound themselves by an oath to him to be true to his interest, and do as he should advise them:

because he was the son in law of Shechaniah, the son of Arah; of a family that came up with Zerubbabel from the captivity, Ezra 2:5 and very probably of considerable note:

and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah; a very eminent person, concerned in building the wall, Nehemiah 3:4.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Though Tobiah is called “the servant” or “slave” Nehemiah 2:10, Nehemiah 2:19, and was perhaps a bought slave of Sanballat’s, yet he was in such a position that Jewish nobles readily contracted affinity with him. This is quite in harmony with the practice of the East, where slaves often fill high positions and make great marriages.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 6:18. He was the son-in-law of Shechaniah — Previously to the coming of Nehemiah, the Jews seemed to be fast intermixing with the heathen, by intermarriages with Ashdodites, Ammonites, and Moabites; see Nehemiah 13:23. Ezra had many evils of this kind to redress, (Ezra 9:3, c.,) chiefly among the common people, though there were both chiefs and priests in that trespass. But here we find the heathen and Jewish nobles interlinked and the latter were so far imbued with the spirit of idolatry, that they forgot God, his service, their brethren, and their own souls.