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Neariah
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One of the six sons of Shemaiah in the line of the royal family of Judah after the captivity. (1 Chronicles 3:22,23) (B.C. about 350.) A son of Ishi, and one of the captains of the 500 Simeonites who in the days of Hezekiah, drove out the Amalekites from Mount Seir. (1 Chronicles 4:42) (B.C. 715.)
In the Bible
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Verses where Neariah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 3:22
The six descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.
- 1 Chronicles 3:23
The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam—three in all.
- 1 Chronicles 4:42
And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir
Scripture on Neariah
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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