Hananiah

Meaning: Jehovah has given

This was the name of 14 biblical men.

1. a chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:24)

2. one of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4,23)

3. one of Uzziah's military officers (2 Chr. 26:11)

4. grandfather of the captain who arrested Jeremiah (Jer. 37:13)

5. a man named in Jer. 36:12

6. a man named in Neh. 10:23

7. Shadrach, one of the "three Hebrew children" (Dan. 1; 6:7)

8. son of Zerubbabel (1 Chr. 3:19, 21), and a descendant of David

9. a man named in Ezra 10:28

10. the "ruler of the palace / He was a faithful man, and feared God above many" (Neh. 7:2).

11. a man named in Neh. 3:8

12. a man named in Neh. 3:30

13. a priest, son of Jeremiah (Neh. 12:12)

14. a false prophet contemporary with Jeremiah (28:3, 17)