Ezra 10:2

“And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, etc.] This man seems to be one of those that now came with Ezra from Babylon, (see <150803>Ezra 8:3,5), we have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land; not that he had taken any himself, being but just come into the land, nor is his name in the list of those that had; but inasmuch as many of the nation, of which he was a part, and his own father, and several of his uncles had, (<151026>Ezra 10:26), he expresses himself in this manner: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing; of a reformation of this evil, and of pardon for it.”

“Shechaniah . . . answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed--This was one of the leading men, who was not himself a delinquent in the matter, for his name does not occur in the following list. He spoke in the general name of the people, and his conduct evinced a tender conscience, as well as no small fortitude in making such a proposal; for as his father and five paternal uncles (Ezr 10:26) were involved in the guilt of unlawful marriages, he showed, by the measure he recommended, that he deemed it better to obey God than to please his nearest relatives. yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing--This hope, however, depended on timely measures of reformation, and therefore,…”

“Jehiel was one of those who had taken an idolatrous wife Ezra 10:26; and Shechaniah had therefore had the evil brought home to him. return to 'Top of Page'”

“We - He saith, we, in the name of the people, and their several families, and his own amongst the rest. For this man's name is not in the following catalogue, but there we have his father, Jehiel, and his father's brethren, five other sons of his grandfather, Elam, Ezr 10:26. It was therefore an evidence of his great courage, and good conscience, that he durst so freely discharge his duty, whereby he shewed, that he honoured God more than his nearest and dearest relations. Hope - In case of our repentance, and reformation. Ezra 10:3”

“10:2 Shecaniah was the first person brave enough to publicly admit that he had been unfaithful to God. Admission of guilt gives the hope of forgiveness for sin.”

“Shechaniah: Ezr 10:26; Neh 3:29 Elam: Ezr 2:7, Ezr 2:31; Neh 7:12, Neh 7:34 We have trespassed: Shechaniah here speaks in the name of the people, not acknowledging himself culpable; for he is not in the following list., Compare, Jam 2:9; Exo 34:12; Neh 13:27 yet now there is hope: Exo 34:6, Exo 34:7; Isa 55:6, Isa 55:7; Jer 3:12, Jer 3:13; Jo1 1:7-9 Ezra 10:3”

“Then one of the sons of Elam, Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, stood forth from amidst the assembly, and uttered the confession: "We have been unfaithful towards our God by marrying strange wives, but there is yet hope for Israel concerning this thing. We will now make a covenant with God to put away all the strange wives and their children from the congregation, according to the counsel of the Lord, and of those who fear the commandment of our God, that it may be done according to the law." Shecaniah, of the sons of Elam (comp. Ezr 2:7; Ezr 8:7), is a different person from the descendant of Zattu, mentioned Ezr 8:5; nor is Jehiel identical with the individual whose name occurs in Ezr 10:26.…”