# Connecting Statement:

These verses introduce the action that follows.

# Jews that had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab

"Jews that had married foreign women." God had forbidden intermarriage. The full meaning of this statement can be made clear. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# Ashdod

This is the name of a city. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Ammon ... Moab

These are the names of nations. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Half of their children

"As a result, half of their children"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jew]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ashdod]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ammon]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/moab]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/children]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/kingdomofjudah]]