and separated the seed of Israel from all the strange children and stood and acknowledged their sins, and the wickedness of their fathers,

By these did not Solomon king of Israel sin? and among the many nations there was no king like him, and beloved by his God he was, and God maketh him king over all Israel -- even him did the strange women cause to sin.

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

So I made them clean from all strange people, and had regular watches fixed for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;