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Baanah

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The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Baanah. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.One of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, a captain in Saul’s army.
  2. 2.The father of Heled, who was one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam.

Son of affliction.

  1. Baanah (1)

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    One of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, a captain in Saul’s army. He and his brother Rechab assassinated Ishbosheth (2 Sam. 4:2), and were on this account slain by David, and their mutilated bodies suspended over the pool at Hebron (5, 6, 12).

  2. Baanah (2)

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    The father of Heled, who was one of David’s thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:29; 1 Chr. 11:30).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

Son of Rimmon, a Benjamite, who with his brother Rechab murdered Ishbosheth For this they were killed by David; and their mutilated bodies hung up over the pool at Hebron. (2 Samuel 4:2,5,6,9) (B.C. 1046.) A Netophathite, father of Heleb or Heled, one of David’s mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:30) (B.C. before 1066.) Accurately Baana, son of Hushai, Solomon’s commissariat officer in Asher. (1 Kings 4:16) (B.C. 1012.) Aman who accompanied Zerubbabel on his return from the captivity. (Ezra 2:2; Nehemiah 7:7) Possibly the same person is intended in (Nehemiah 10:27) (B.C. 536.)

In the Bible

11

Verses where Baanah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 11:30

    Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,

  • 1 Kings 4:16

    Baana son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth;

  • 2 Samuel 4:2

    Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,

  • 2 Samuel 4:5

    Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.

  • 2 Samuel 4:6

    They entered the interior of the house as if to get some wheat, and they stabbed him in the stomach. Then Rechab and his brother Baanah slipped away.

  • 2 Samuel 4:9

    But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

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Scripture on Baanah

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Entries that reference Baanah

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Baanah references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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