Person Old Testament
Eliezer
Eliezer was an Israelite who married a foreign woman during the exile. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:31.
Why it matters. An Israelite who married a foreign woman.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Eliezer
Eliezer is listed among the descendants of Harim who had married foreign women during the Babylonian exile (Ezr.10.31). After the return to Jerusalem, Ezra discovered that many of the Israelites had intermarried with the neighboring peoples. This was a violation of God's command not to intermarry with the pagan nations. Eliezer was one of those who had taken a foreign wife, but he agreed to put away his wife as part of the covenant renewal led by Ezra. The Bible does not provide any additional information about Eliezer's life or family.
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)