1 Chronicles 3:23 Meaning and Explanation
“And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.”
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What Does 1 Chronicles 3:23 Mean?
Another generation of David's descendants is set down, drawing the genealogy near its end. These are men of the restored community, living quietly in the land generations after the kings had fallen.
The name Elioenai, meaning that one's eyes are toward the Lord, fittingly marks a people whose whole life had become a looking and a waiting. Stripped of earthly glory, the house of David learned to fix its gaze upward, awaiting the King whom God alone could send.
1 Chronicles 3:23 in the Original Language
Elioenai ('Elyo'enay, אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי), 'my eyes are toward the LORD' -- a name of waiting and hope in God.
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What does 1 Chronicles 3:23 mean?
Three sons of Neariah are named as the line presses toward its close.