Person Old Testament
Jozabad
Jozabad was one of the priests who had married foreign women during the time of Ezra and agreed to put them away. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:22.
Why it matters. A priest who married a foreign woman
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jozabad
Jozabad is mentioned in Ezr.10.22 as one of the priests who had married foreign women during the post-exilic period. The context of the passage is Ezra's reforms and the issue of intermarriage between the Israelites and the pagan peoples of the land (Ezra 9-10).
Upon learning of the widespread intermarriage, Ezra led the people in confession and repentance (Ezr.9.1-10:4). The Israelites made a covenant to put away their foreign wives and children (Ezr.10.5). Jozabad is listed among the priests who had married foreign women and agreed to send them away (Ezr.10.18-22).
This event highlights the importance of maintaining religious and cultural purity among the Israelites, especially in the post-exilic period when they were re-establishing their identity and covenant relationship with God.
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)