HANANIAII, CHANANIAH (rrnri, or with the parag. ;r1:.pri; LXX. 'Avavfa, 'Avavfas ; Vulg.
Hanania, Han'anias, Ananias : both in etymology and signification identical with ?Min`, Jehohanan, 7 7 whence the Greek Juxivvils).
r. One of the sons of Shashak, of the tribe of Benjamin r Chron. Ira 24.
2. A L'evite, of the branch of Kohath, and one of the fourteen sons of Heman the singer, all of whom were disting-uished for their skill in instru mental music, and were chosen to preside severally over fourteen of the twenty-four courses of musicians appointed by the order of David for the service of the house of God, r Chron. xxv. 4, 6, 23.
3. An officer of state in the service of Uzziah, 2 Chron. xxvi. 1.
4. The grandfather of Irijah, the captain of the guard, who falsely charged Jeremiah with treason, Jer. xxxvii. 13.
5. The father of Zedekiah, one of the princes of Judah in the reign of Jehoiakim, Jer. xxxvi. 12.
6. A pretended prophet, the son of Azur of Gibeon, vvho, in the fourth year of the reign of Zedekiah, presumed to predict the return of Jeco niah from Babylon, and the restoration of the sacred vessels. By the command of God, Jeremiah solemnly denounced the falsehood of Hananiah, and foretells his approaching death as a punishment for his presumption. Within the short space of two months Hananiah died, Jer. xxviii. 1-17.
7. One of the four Hebrew princes who were educated in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar. His Chaldean name was Shadrach, Dan. i. 6, 7, r 1, 19.
8. The son of Zerubbabel, the great-grandson of Jehoiakin, Chron. iii. 19, 21.
9. One of the chief priests in the days of Joia chim, son and successor of Jeshua, high-priest in the time of Zerubbabel, Neh. xii. 12.
ro. One of the family of Bebai, who, at the in stigation of Ezra, consented to put away his strange wife, Ezra X. 28.
I I. One of the builders of the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah, Neh. iii. 8. He is called ` the son of one of the apothecaries ' by which is perhaps meant that he was a skilful com pounder of the spiced unguents used for the sacred and royal anointings, Exod. xxx. 22-38, Chron. ix. 3o, 2 Chron. xvi. 14. It may be hence inferred that he was a priest, or at least a Levite.
12. Another builder of the wall of Jenisalem, described as the son of Shelemiab, Neh. iii. 3o. By some identified with rt.
13. Governor of the citadel of the temple (1t:" n-ozn) uncle' Nehemiah, Neh. VI 2.
One of the chiefs of the people (nv!-rl n;.,;R-1), Neh. x. 23, Heb. 24, who joined in sealing the solemn confession and covenant which Nehemiah made on behalf of the people.—S. N.