Lockyer's All the Men of the Bible – Reaiah, Reaia
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Reaiah, Reaia

Reaiah, Reaia [Rēa ī'ah, Rē a ī'ă]—jehovah has seen or provided for.

  1. A son of Shobal, son of Judah (1 Chron. 4:2). Perhaps the Haroeh, meaning “the seeing one,” of 1 Chronicles 2:52.
  2. Grandfather of Beerah, prince of Reuben when Israel was carried away to Assyria (1 Chron. 5:5).
  3. One of the family of Nethinims whose descendants returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:47; Neh. 7:50).