Person Old Testament
Shelemiah
Shelemiah, another Israelite who married a foreign wife during Ezra's time. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:41.
Why it matters. Israelite who married a foreign wife
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shelemiah
Shelemiah is listed in Ezr.10.41 among the Israelites who had married foreign women after returning from Babylonian exile. During Ezra's reform, he was one of those who agreed to send away his foreign wife to purify the 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)