Meaning of HANANIAH

"Jehovah has favored."
(a) Benjamite son of Shashak (1 Chr. 8:24).

(b) Son of Heman and leader of the sixteenth order, of the twenty-four, of musicians whom David established for the sanctuary (1 Chron. 25:4, 23).

(c) One of King Uzziah's military leaders (2 Chr. 26:11).

(d) Father of a prince named Zedekiah and contemporary of Jeremiah (Jer. 36:12).

(e) False prophet, son of Azur, of Gibeon. In the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah, son of King Josiah, Hananiah announced that the deportees would return after two years of captivity. Jeremiah prophesied contradicting him. Hananiah, guilty of deception, died two months later (Jer. 28:1-17).

(f) Grandfather or estranged ancestor of Iriaiah, the commander of the guard who arrested Jeremiah, falsely accusing him of defecting to the Chaldeans (Jer. 37:13-15).

(g) Hebrew name of the exile to whom the Chaldeans named Shadrach (Dan. 1:6, 7).

(h) Son of Zerubbabel, father of Pelatias (1 Chr. 3:19, 21).

(i) Son of Bebai, persuaded by Ezra to send away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:28).

(j) Member of the perfumers' guild; he participated in the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:8).

(k) One of the priests who blew the trumpet at the dedication of the walls (Neh. 12:41). (l) One of the princes of the people; he put his seal on the covenant along with Nehemiah (Neh. 10:23).

(j) Chief of the fortress. Governor of Jerusalem at the same time as Hanani, brother of Nehemiah (Neh. 7:2). (k) Priest; head of the patriarchal house of Jeremiah, at the time of Jehoiakim's high priesthood, a generation after the exile (Neh. 12:12).

(a) Son of Nahas and king of Ammon; he insulted David's ambassadors, and was severely punished, being thrown from the throne (2 Sam. 10:1-4; 1 Chron. 19:26).

(b) Two Jews who helped in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:13, 30).