This document is about Shecaniah (son of Jehiel). For other homonyms, please refer to the Shecaniah document.
During the time of Ezra (the scribe), many Hebrews married foreign women, and this person spoke to Ezra about this issue.
Ezra 10:2Then Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.