Person Old Testament
Shallum
Shallum was one of the singers who had married a foreign woman and agreed to put her away during Ezra's reforms. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:24.
Why it matters. Singer who married a foreign woman during Ezra's time
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shallum
Shallum, mentioned in Ezr.10.24, was one of the singers who had married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra. When Ezra led a reform to address the issue of intermarriage among the returned exiles, Shallum was among those who had taken foreign wives. As part of the resolution to this problem, Shallum and the others agreed to put away their foreign wives and children, in accordance with the counsel of Ezra and the leaders. This decision was made to demonstrate their commitment to following God's law and maintaining the purity of the Israelite community.
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)