Elijah Summary
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Elijah was a descendant of Elam who married a foreign woman during the Babylonian exile.
A descendant of Elam who married a foreign woman.
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- en Elijah
- en Eliah · Also called
- he אֵלִיָּה · H0452J
- bg Илия
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Elijah Article
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Elijah is listed in the Book of Ezra as one of the descendants of Elam who had married foreign women during the Babylonian exile (Ezr 10:26). After the return to Jerusalem, Ezra discovered that many Israelites had intermarried with the neighboring peoples, which was a violation of God's command. Elijah was among those who had taken foreign wives, but he agreed to put away his wife as part of the covenant renewal led by Ezra.
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