^{23 Ref} And in those days I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:

^{24 Ref} And their children were talking half in the language of Ashdod; they had no knowledge of the Jews' language, but made use of the language of the two peoples.

^{25 Ref} And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

^{26 Ref} Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.

^{27 Ref} Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?

^{28 Ref} And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the chief priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: so I sent him away from me.