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Jehiel

יְחִיאֵל · ye.chi.el · H3171O1 mention, all in Ezra

Who he was

Jehiel was a member of the clan of Elam who returned from the Babylonian exile. He was one of the men found guilty of marrying foreign women, which was a violation of the Mosaic Law. Ezra the priest confronted the returned exiles about this issue (Ezra 10:2). Jehiel is not mentioned again in the biblical record.

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Family

ChildrenShecaniah
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Every mention

1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)

Ezra 1 mention

Ezra 10:2Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope…

What the dictionary says

God’s living one.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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