Man living at the time of Exile and Return
Mattenai, a descendant of Bani, divorced his foreign wife during Ezra's reforms.
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Mattenai was a man from the family of Bani who had married a foreign woman during the time of Ezra. As part of Ezra's reforms to purify the Jewish community after their return from Babylonian exile, Mattenai and others who had married foreign wives were required to divorce them (Ezr.10.37). This action was taken to ensure that the Israelites remained faithful to the Lord and did not fall into the same sins that had led to their exile.
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Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu.
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