Man living at the time of Exile and Return
Shemaiah, an Israelite who was among those who had married foreign women during the exile.
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Shemaiah is mentioned in Ezr.10.31 as one of the descendants of Harim who had married a foreign woman. This was part of a larger issue facing the Jewish community after their return from Babylonian exile, as many had intermarried with the surrounding peoples. Ezra called for the people to separate themselves from their foreign wives and children to maintain the purity and integrity of the Jewish faith. Shemaiah, along with the other Israelites who had married foreign women, agreed to put away their wives in obedience to Ezra's directive.
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H8098
From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
Names, family links and references: STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Short descriptions were drafted with AI assistance by STEPBible. Family links follow STEPBible’s scholarly decisions where genealogies are ambiguous.