Israelite who married a foreign wife
Vaniah
Named in 1 verse of Ezra, first in Ezra 10:36.
וַנְיָהVaniah
The name means “nourishment, or weapons, of the Lord.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Vaniah Written by AI
Vaniah is mentioned in the list of men who had taken foreign wives during the Babylonian exile. This was discovered when Ezra, the priest and scribe, returned to Jerusalem and found that many Israelites had intermarried with the pagan peoples of the land. Vaniah was one of those who had violated God's command not to intermarry with foreigners. In response to Ezra's call for repentance, Vaniah and the others agreed to put away their foreign wives and children to maintain the purity of the Jewish people.
Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.
Where the Bible names him
- Ezra 10:36
Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.