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Hanani

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The source enumerates 3 distinct subjects under Hanani. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr.
  2. 2.A prophet who was sent to rebuke king Asa for entering into a league with Benhadad…
  3. 3.Probably a brother of Nehemiah (Neh.

God has gratified me, or is gracious.

  1. Hanani (1)

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    One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4, 25).

  2. Hanani (2)

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    A prophet who was sent to rebuke king Asa for entering into a league with Benhadad I., king of Syria, against Judah (2 Chr. 16:1-10). He was probably the father of the prophet Jehu (1 Kings 16:7).

  3. Hanani (3)

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    Probably a brother of Nehemiah (Neh. 1:2; 7:2), who reported to him the melancholy condition of Jerusalem. Nehemiah afterwards appointed him to have charge of the city gates.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(gracious).

One of the sons of Heman, and head of the eighteenth course of the service. (1 Chronicles 25:4,25) A seer who rebuked (B.C. 941) Asa king of Judah. (2 Chronicles 16:7) For this he was imprisoned. ver. 10 He or another Hanani was the father of Jehu the seer, who testified against Baasha, (1 Kings 16:1,7) and Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 19:2; 20:34) One of the priests who in the time of Ezra had taken strange wives. (Ezra 10:20) A brother of Nehemiah, (Nehemiah 1:2) who was made governor of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. Ch. (Nehemiah 7:2) A priest mentioned in (Nehemiah 12:36)

In the Bible

11

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

  • 1 Chronicles 25:4

    From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

  • 1 Chronicles 25:25

    the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

  • 1 Kings 16:1

    Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:

  • 1 Kings 16:7

    Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.

  • 2 Chronicles 16:7

    At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.

  • 2 Chronicles 19:2

    Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.

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Scripture on Hanani

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Entries that reference Hanani

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

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