Neariah

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. Son of Shemalah1 Chronicles 3:221 Chronicles 3:23
• 2. A Simeonite captain1 Chronicles 4:42

The passages, in Bible order (3)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 3 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 1 Chronicles 3:22

   The six descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 3:222 voices

   “Six - Including the father. But the Hebrew word, Shisha, which is rendered six, may be the proper name of one of the sons of Shemaiah.

   “The sons of Shemaiah - six - Five only are found in the text, and the versions give us no assistance; neither do the MSS. correct the place. If the father be not here included with his sons, some name must be lost out of the text.

   Everything gathered on 1 Chronicles 3:22→

   Verse page →Original language →

2. 1 Chronicles 3:23

   The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam—three in all.

   Verse page →Original language →

3. 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

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 4:422 voices

   “And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men went to Mount Seir,.... In the land of Edom: having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi; these four captains are said, by the ancient Rabbins, to be of the tribe of Manasseh, as Kimchi observes; see 1Ch 5:24 but as the five hundred they were at the head of were of the sons of Simeon, the captains, no doubt, were of the same race.

   “The most remarkable person in this paragraph is Jabez. It is not said whose son he was, nor does it appear in what age he lived; but, it should seem, he was the founder of one of the families of Aharhel, mentioned

   Everything gathered on 1 Chronicles 4:42→

   Verse page →Original language →