Maadai was one of the descendants of Bani who lived in the period after the Babylonian exile. He is mentioned in the book of Ezra as one of the Israelites who had taken foreign (non-Jewish) wives and agreed to send them away as part of Ezra's religious reforms to preserve the purity of the people.
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Mentioned among the descendants of Bani
Maadai is listed among the descendants of Bani who had taken foreign wives in violation of God's law.
11Now then, make confession to the LORD, the God of your fathers, and do his will: separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from your foreign wives."
8Anyone who failed to appear within three days would, by decision of the leaders and the elders, forfeit all his property and be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.
9So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month. All the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.
Maadai is recorded by name in the official list of men who had taken foreign wives, as a testimony that he too participated in this sin and the subsequent repentance.