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Hananiah (hănənī`ə). 1 One of the Three Young Men Three Young Men, in the Book of Daniel , the three men cast by Nebuchadnezzar into the fiery furnace and delivered by an angel. Their names are Abed-nego, Shadrach, and Meshach, in Babylonian; Azariah, Hananiah, and Mishael, in Hebrew; and Azarias, Ananias, and 2 In the Book of Jeremiah, a false prophet. 3 In 1 Chronicles, son of Zerubbabel. 4 In 1 Chronicles, a musician. 5 Father of Zedekiah 1 Last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah to occupy the throne, the others being Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. Zedekiah, whose name was originally Mattaniah, succeeded Jehoiachin. 6 Grandfather of Irijah Irijah (īrī`jə), in the Bible, captain who detained Jeremiah on a false accusation in Jerusalem. 7 In 1 Chronicles, a Benjamite. 8 In 2 Chronicles, captain under King Uzziah. 9 In the Book of Ezra, man who had a foreign wife. 10 In the Book of Nehemiah, sealer of the Covenant. 11, 12 In Nehemiah, repairers of the wall. 13 In Nehemiah, a chief priest. 14 In Nehemiah, priest at the dedication of the walls. 15 In Nehemiah, governor in Jerusalem. Ananias and Annas are Greek forms of this name. |
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It has generally been acknowledged that the name of the supposed son of Zerubbabel in the Lukan list, Rhesa, is the Aramaic word for "head," and is a title for Zerubbabel, while the son of Rhesa is Joanan, the equivalent of Hananiah, the son of Zerubbabel in 1 Chronicles 3:19, 21 (Jeremias: 296; Bauckham 1990: 333). True to his name, Hananiah promised God's favor for the nation. Fawzi Khuri, "Letter to Hananiah, undated [internal number 29], LPA, Files, 26-14-23. |
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