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Hanun

Disambiguation

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

  1. 1.The son and successor of Nahash, king of Moab.
  2. 2.Neh.
  3. 3.3:30.

Graciously given.

  1. Hanun (1)

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    The son and successor of Nahash, king of Moab. David’s messengers, sent on an embassy of condolence to him to Rabbah Ammon, his capital, were so grossly insulted that he proclaimed war against Hanun. David’s army, under the command of Joab, forthwith crossed the Jordan, and gained a complete victory over the Moabites and their allies (2 Sam. 10:1-14) at Medeba (q.v.).

  2. Hanun (2)

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    Neh. 3:13.

  3. Hanun (3)

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    3:30.

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(favored).

Son of Nahash (2 Samuel 10:1,2; 1 Chronicles 19:1,2) king of Ammon, who dishonored the ambassadors of David, (2 Samuel 10:4) and involved the Ammonites in a disastrous war, (2 Samuel 12:31; 1 Chronicles 19:6) (B.C. 1035.) A man who, with the people of Zanoah, repaired the ravine gate in the wall of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:13) (B.C. 446). The sixth son of Zalalph, who also assisted in the repair of the wall, apparently on the east side. (Nehemiah 3:30) (B.C. 446.)

In the Bible

10

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

  • 1 Chronicles 19:2

    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,

  • 1 Chronicles 19:3

    the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

  • 1 Chronicles 19:4

    So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.

  • 1 Chronicles 19:6

    When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.

  • 2 Samuel 10:1

    Some time later, the king of the Ammonites died and was succeeded by his son Hanun.

  • 2 Samuel 10:2

    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent some of his servants to console Hanun concerning his father. But when they arrived in the land of the Ammonites,

+4 more verses naming Hanun.

Scripture on Hanun

4

Entries that reference Hanun

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Hanun 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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