Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

EZRA 10:25KJV
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Ezra 10:25 (KJV)

What does Ezra 10:25 mean?

Ezra 10:25 lists several men from the family of Parosh who are identified as part of a group within Israel. These names are recorded as part of a public record of those who had taken foreign wives, which was a concern addressed during Ezra’s reforms.

In this chapter, Ezra is leading the returned exiles in Jerusalem to confess and correct actions that went against the law of Moses, specifically intermarriage with surrounding peoples. This verse is part of a longer list naming individuals from different families who were involved, showing the thoroughness and seriousness with which the community addressed the issue.

Where else these words appear

“Miamin” Hebrew H4326 · used in 4 verses

“Parosh” Hebrew H6551 · used in 6 verses

  • Ezra 2:3 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.
  • Ezra 8:3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty.
  • Nehemiah 7:8 The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.

“Malchiah” Hebrew H4441 · used in 15 verses

  • 1 Chronicles 6:40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
  • Nehemiah 3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
  • Nehemiah 11:12 And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,

“Benaiah” Hebrew H1141 · used in 41 verses

  • 2 Samuel 8:18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.
  • 1 Kings 2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
  • 1 Chronicles 16:5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;