The monuments and the Old Testament : evidence from ancient records . nehemiahs rigorous reforms 289 among some of the country population (xiii. 23-25).These he roundly cursed and beat, and put themunder oath not to continue the practice for theirchildren. But of most significance was the discov-ery that one of the grandsons (Manasseh) of the high-priest Eliashih, had become son-in-law of Sanballatthe Horonite, the most representative Samaritan whohad opposed the work of Nehemiah (Neh. xiii. 28).Josephus {Antiq. xi. 8, 2) tells us that Manassehpreferred rather to lose his wife than the high-pr
The monuments and the Old Testament : evidence from ancient records . nehemiahs rigorous reforms 289 among some of the country population (xiii. 23-25).These he roundly cursed and beat, and put themunder oath not to continue the practice for theirchildren. But of most significance was the discov-ery that one of the grandsons (Manasseh) of the high-priest Eliashih, had become son-in-law of Sanballatthe Horonite, the most representative Samaritan whohad opposed the work of Nehemiah (Neh. xiii. 28).Josephus {Antiq. xi. 8, 2) tells us that Manassehpreferred rather to lose his wife than the high-priestsoffice in Jerusalem. Sanballat promised him, if hewould retain his wife and forsake Jerusalem, that hewould build a temple for him on Mount Gerizim likethat at Jerusalem, and would see that Darius be-stowed on him a high-priesthood. Elated by thesepromises, he forsook Jerusalem and its temple, bear-ing toward it only feelings of bitterness and enmity. 274. This event practically terminated the friendlyrelations of the Jews and the Samaritans. It wasalso the tu
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