John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 13:28
Neh 13:28 And [one] of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, [was] son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. Ver. 28. And one of the sons of Joiada ] His grandson Manasses, brother to Jaddua the high priest, a vile apostate, and first author of that famous schism and deadly feud between the Samaritans and Jews, John 4:20 (Joseph. lib. xi.). Was son-in-law to Sanballat ] Who, to keep him to his wife, built a fair temple on Mount Gerizim, hard by... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 13:27
Neh 13:27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? Ver. 27. To do all this great evil ] Here are three articles in the Hebrew, importing the heinousness of this sin. See the like, Genesis 39:9 . To transgress against our God ] No sin can be little, because it is a disloyalty (so the word signifieth) against so great a God, and his most holy law; a sacrilegious trespass. read more