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Neariah

1. One of Shemaiah’s six sons and a descendant of David (1 Chr 3:22–23).

2. Captain of 500 men of Simeon’s tribe who went to Mt Seir, where they destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites and settled their own people in Hezekiah’s time (1 Chr 4:42).

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subjectSmith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)The entry on this subject

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