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Hananiah

A man, in the time of the Divided Monarchy · named in 1 verse

the name means Jehovah has given Easton's Bible Dictionary

Hananiah, the son of Shelemiah, was a gatekeeper who arrested Jeremiah on suspicion of defecting to the Babylonians.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Jehovah has given. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:24).

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

Family

Children Shelemiah

From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.

First named at Jeremiah 37:13.

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