This document is about Neariah (son of Ishi). For other homonyms, please refer to the Neariah document.
Belonging to the tribe of Simeon, he went to Mount Seir, destroyed the remaining Amalekites, and settled there.
1 Chronicles 4:41These, recorded by name, came in the days of Hezekiah), king of Judah, and attacked their tents and the Meunim who were found there, and utterly destroyed them to this day, and lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.1 Chronicles 4:42And 500 men of the sons of Simeon went to Mount Seir, having as their leaders Pelatiah) and Neariah) and Rephaiah) and Uzziel), the sons of Ishi).1 Chronicles 4:43And they struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.