Person Old Testament
Jehiel
Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam, was guilty of marrying a foreign wife during the Exile. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:2.
Why it matters. A leader who married a foreign wife
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jehiel
Jehiel was a member of the clan of Elam who returned from the Babylonian exile. He was one of the men found guilty of marrying foreign women, which was a violation of the Mosaic Law. Ezra the priest confronted the returned exiles about this issue (Ezr.10.2). Jehiel is not mentioned again in the biblical record.
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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Family
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- Children
- Shecaniah
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)