Person Old Testament
Asahel
Asahel, along with Jahzeiah, opposed Ezra's plan to dissolve mixed marriages among the returned exiles (Ezra 10:15). Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:15.
Why it matters. Opposed Ezra's dissolution of mixed marriages
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Asahel
Asahel was one of two individuals mentioned in Ezra 10 who opposed Ezra's plan to dissolve the mixed marriages among the Jewish people who had returned from Babylonian exile. When Ezra called for the people to separate from their foreign wives and children, Asahel and Jahzeiah stood against this decision. However, the assembly ultimately agreed with Ezra, and the mixed marriages were ended.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Ezra (1 verse)