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    ELIOENAI

    (E·li·o·eʹnai) [my eyes (are turned) toward Jehovah].

    1. A son of Neariah and a descendant of King Solomon through Zerubbabel. Elioenai was the father of Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah and Anani.—1 Chron. 3:10, 19, 23, 24.

    2. A chieftain of the tribe of Simeon.—1 Chron. 4:24, 36-38.

    3. A son of Becher and a descendant of Benjamin.—1 Chron. 7:6, 8.

    4. A priest of the “sons of Pashhur” among those heeding Ezra’s exhortation to send their foreign wives away.—Ezra 2:36, 38; 10:18, 19, 22.

    5. A descendant of Zattu. Elioenai was among those dismissing their foreign wives in Ezra’s time.—Ezra 10:27, 44.

    6. One of the priests with trumpets who were in the procession arranged for by Nehemiah at the inauguration of the wall of Jerusalem.—Neh. 12:27, 31, 40, 41.