Man living at the time of Exile and Return
Jonathan, along with Jahzeiah and Meshullam, opposed Ezra's demand to put away foreign wives.
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In the time of Ezra, a Jonathan is mentioned as one of the men who opposed Ezra's demand that Jewish men put away their foreign wives (Ezr.10.15). After the return from Babylonian exile, some Jewish men had married non-Jewish women, which Ezra saw as a violation of God's law. Ezra called for the people to separate themselves from the peoples around them and from their foreign wives (Ezr.10.11). However, Jonathan, along with Jahzeiah and Meshullam, took a stand against this. The text states that only these three men opposed Ezra in this matter, suggesting it was an unpopular minority position.
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H3129
(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
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