Old Testament

Cheluhi

An Israelite man who pledged to put away his foreign wife during the reforms of Ezra.

Cheluhi is listed among the men of Israel who had taken foreign wives in violation of the law during the post-exilic period. His inclusion in the record of Ezra 10 serves as historical evidence of the widespread nature of these intermarriages. He is identified specifically as one of the descendants of Bani who committed to the covenantal repentance led by Ezra.