“The Speech of Ashdod”
In Nehemiah 13:23-26, Nehemiah stated that when the Jews had intermarried, they spoke the “speech of Ashdod.” This caused a violent reaction from Nehemiah: “And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters […]