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Hanan
Merciful. (1.) A Benjamite (1 Chr 8:23). (2.) One of David’s heroes (1 Chr 11:43). (3.) Jer 35:4. (4.) A descendant of Saul (1 Chr 8:38). (5.) One of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:46). (6.) One of the Levites who assisted Ezra (Neh 8:7). (7.) One of the chiefs who subscribed the covenant (Neh 10:22).
Named in the Bible
12 verses
- 1 Chronicles 8:23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
- 1 Chronicles 8:38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
- 1 Chronicles 9:44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
- 1 Chronicles 11:43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
- Ezra 2:46 The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,
- Nehemiah 7:49 The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,
- Nehemiah 8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
- Nehemiah 10:10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
- Nehemiah 10:22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
- Nehemiah 10:26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
- Nehemiah 13:13 And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
- Jeremiah 35:4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
