Baanah

A man, in the time of Exile and Return · named in 2 verses

the name means in affliction Strong's Lexicon

Baanah was one of the leaders who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon to Jerusalem.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Son of affliction. (1.) 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).

Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.

First named at Ezra 2:2.

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Verses that name Baanah

Ezra 2:2 accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
Nehemiah 7:7 accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel: