Person Old Testament
Eliashib
Eliashib was a priest who married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra's reforms. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:24.
Why it matters. Priest who married a foreign woman during Ezra's time
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Eliashib
Eliashib is mentioned in Ezr.10.24 as one of the priests who had married foreign women. During the time of Ezra, many Israelites, including priests and Levites, had intermarried with the pagan inhabitants of the land. Ezra called for a reform, urging those who had married foreign wives to separate from them. Eliashib was among the priests who had taken foreign wives, contrary to God's law. As part of the reform, Eliashib and the other priests pledged to put away their foreign wives and children.
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)