* it was of the Lord.
   That is, God permitted it, that it might be a means of
   bringing about the deliverance of Israel.  Such marriages were
   forbidden to the Israelites, to keep them separate from the
   idolatrous nations.

  Jos 11:20  1Ki 12:15  2Ki 6:33  2Ch 10:15  22:7  25:20  Ps 115:3 
 * had dominion.
  13:1  15:11  De 28:48