Man living at the time of Exile and Return
Shimeon was an Israelite who had married a foreign wife during the Babylonian exile and agreed to send her away.
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Shimeon is mentioned in Ezr.10.31 as one of the Israelites who had married foreign women during the Babylonian exile. After the return to Jerusalem, Ezra the scribe led a religious reform that required the Israelites to separate themselves from their foreign wives to maintain the purity of the nation. Shimeon, along with several other Israelites, was found to have married a foreign woman. As part of the reform, Shimeon agreed to send away his foreign wife, demonstrating his commitment to following God's law and maintaining the religious and cultural identity of the Israelites.
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(hearing (prayer), a lay man of Israel, of the family of Harim, who had married a foreign wife, and divorced her in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:31) (B.C. 458.)
SHIM'EON (a hearing), one who had a foreign wife. Ezr 10:31.
SHIM'EON (a hearing), one who had a foreign wife. Ezr 10:31.
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1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H8095
From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,
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