26 aDid not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, bwho was beloved of his God; and God made him king over all Israel. cNevertheless pagan women caused even him to sin.
27 Should we then hear of your doing all this great evil, atransgressing against our God by marrying pagan women?”
28 And one of the sons aof Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of bSanballat the Horonite; therefore I drove him from me.
29 aRemember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and bthe covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
30 aThus I cleansed them of everything pagan. I also bassigned duties to the priests and the Levites, each to his service,
31 and to bringing athe wood offering and the firstfruits at appointed times. bRemember me, O my God, for good!
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