All these had taken strange wives, and there were among them women that had borne children.

All these had taken strange wives, and there were among them women that had borne children.

strange wives

Proverbs 2:16 And forsaketh the guide of her youth,

Proverbs 5:3,20 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword. . . .

120 years, and, according to Josephus, was buried in Jerusalem; but the Jews believe he died in Persia, in a second journey to Artaxerxes, where his tomb is shown in the city of Zamusa. Though not styled a prophet, he wrote under the Divine Spirit; and the canonical authority of his book has never been disputed. It is written with all the spirit and fidelity that could be displayed by a writer of contemporary times; and those parts which chiefly consist of letters, decrees, etc., are written in Chaldee, because it seemed more suitable to the fidelity of a sacred historian to give these official documents, as they may be termed, in the original language, especially as the people, recently returned from the captivity, were familiar, and perhaps more conversant with the Chaldee, than with the Hebrew.