Person Old Testament
Shecaniah
Also known as Shecaniah =ESV; Shekaniah =NIV; Shechaniah =KJV
Shecaniah, an Israelite who admitted to marrying a foreign wife during Ezra's time. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Ezra 10:2.
Why it matters. Israelite who confessed marrying a foreign wife
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shecaniah
Shecaniah was an Israelite man living in the time of Ezra after the return from Babylonian exile. He is first mentioned in Ezr.10.2, where he speaks on behalf of the people in confessing that they had been unfaithful to God by marrying foreign women. Shecaniah proposes that the people make a covenant to send away these wives and their children.
He is likely the same Shecaniah mentioned in Neh.3.29 as the son of Shemaiah. In this passage, he is recorded as making repairs to a section of the wall of Jerusalem near his house. This suggests he remained faithful to God and was trusted to help rebuild the city walls.
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
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.