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Hanan
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or HANAN. 1. One of the Levites who assisted Ezra in reading and explaining the Law to the people ( Nehemiah 8:7; in 1Es 9:48 Ananias ); probably the same as the signatory to the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:10 ). 2. The son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah, one of the four treasurers appointed by Neh. over the storehouses in which the tithes were kept ( Nehemiah 13:13 ). 3. A Benjamite chief ( 1 Chronicles 8:23 ). 4. The youngest son of Azel, a descendant of Saul ( 1 Chronicles 8:38 = 1 Chronicles 9:44 ). 5. One of David’s mighty men ( 1 Chronicles 11:43 ). 6. The son of Igdaliah. His sons had a chamber in the Temple ( Jeremiah 35:4 ). 7. The head of a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerub. ( Ezra 2:46 , Nehemiah 7:49 ); called Anan in 1Es 5:30 . Esther 5:8 . Esther 5:9 . Two of ‘the chiefs of the people’ who sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:22; Nehemiah 10:26 ).
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Hanan'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/h/hanan.html. 1909.
