26 Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin by these things? Yet among many nations there was no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless, strange women caused even him to offend.

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

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.