NEARIAH

(Ne·a·riʹah) [servant of Jehovah].

1. A Simeonite, son of Ishi. Neariah and his three brothers headed a force of 500 men that defeated the Amalekites at Mount Seir and thereafter continued to dwell there.—1 Chron. 4:42, 43.

2. Son of Shemaiah, father of Elioenai, Hizkiah and Azrikam, and descendant of David.—1 Chron. 3:1, 22, 23.