Bible Person

Reaia

Male · 1 cross reference

Reaia is a Reubenite ancestor in 1 Chronicles 5:5 and the father of Baal. He belongs to the preserved family record of the eastern tribes. First appears in 1 Chr 5:5.1

AI summary: Reaia matters because his single cross reference carries a Reubenite line forward through a remembered father-son link. Even a brief paternal notice contributes to the continuity and structure of tribal memory east of the Jordan. Taken together, the material presents Reaia as a genealogical figure in Reuben's preserved lineage.1