Athlai
Peopleâš¡ IN BRIEF (SUMMARY)
Athlai, identified as the son of Bebai, is listed in Ezra 10:28 among the Israelites who agreed to divorce their foreign wives in accordance with the community's covenant renewal.
What is the meaning of Athlai in the Bible?
Athlai, identified as the son of Bebai, is listed in Ezra 10:28 among the Israelites who agreed to divorce their foreign wives in accordance with the community's covenant renewal.
SIGNIFICANCE
This record provides specific evidence of the social mechanisms used by the returned exiles to maintain ethnic and religious distinctiveness in the Persian period.
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Source Attribution & Provenance
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