Person Old Testament
Benaiah
Benaiah, from the descendants of Bani, was one of the men who had married foreign women during the Exile. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:35.
Why it matters. An Israelite who married a foreign woman during the Exile.
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Benaiah
Benaiah is mentioned in Ezr.10.35 as one of the men from the descendants of Bani who had married foreign women during the Babylonian Exile. The context of the passage is Ezra's reform, which addressed the issue of intermarriage between the returned exiles and the surrounding nations. This practice was seen as a violation of God's law and a threat to the spiritual purity of the community. Ezra called for the people to confess their sin and separate themselves from their foreign wives and children. Benaiah is listed among those who had taken foreign wives, indicating his involvement in this practice.
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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Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Ezra (1 verse)