Person Old Testament
Nethanel
Also known as Nethanel =ESV, NIV; Nethaneel =KJV
Nethanel was a priest who had married a foreign woman during the Exile. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:22.
Why it matters. Priest during Ezra's time
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Nethanel
Nethanel was a priest who returned from the Babylonian Exile and was found to have married a foreign woman, which was against God's law (Ezr.10.22). He was one of many who had to send away their foreign wives and children as part of Ezra's reforms to purify the people.
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)