("toward Jehovah my eyes are turned".)
1. 1Ch 7:8.
2. 1Ch 4:36.
3. 1Ch 26:3.
4. In the seventh generation from Zerubbabel, contemporary with Alexander the Great, but the Hebrew (1Ch 3:23-24) is probably an error, and Shemaiah, grandfather of Elioenai and father of Neariah, Elioenai’s father, is probably Shimei, Zerubbabel’s brother.
[Elioe’nai]
1. Son of Neariah, a descendant of David. 1Ch 3:23-24.
2. Head of a family of Simeon. 1Ch 4:36.
3. Son of Becher, a son of Benjamin. 1Ch 7:8.
4. Son of Meshelemiah, a Korhite. 1Ch 26:3.
5, 6. Priest and Israelite who had married strange wives. Ezr 10:22; Ezr 10:27.
7. Priest who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. Neh 12:41.
ELIOENAI.—1. A Simeonite chief (1Ch 4:36). 2. A Benjamite (1Ch 7:8). 3. A descendant of David who lived after the Exile (1Ch 3:23-24). 4. A son of Pashhur who had married a foreign wife (Ezr 10:22); called in 1Es 9:22 Elionas. 5. A son of Zattu who had committed the same offence (Ezr 10:27); called in 1Es 9:28 Eliadas. 6. A priest (Neh 12:41).