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Neariah

NEARIAH, or Naariah, the fifth Son of Shechaniah. He was one of those who, at the Head of five hundred Men of the Tribe of Simeon, went to attack the Remnant of the Amalekites in Mount Seir, where they defeated them, and dwelt in their Country when they had conquer’d it. 1 Chron. iii. 22. iv. 41.The Time of this Expedition is not known.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Neariah,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/n/neariah/.

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