Hananiah
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.
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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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Verses that name Hananiah
- Jeremiah 37:13 But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”