Concept
Name meaning: full of grace (Hitchcock)
Merciful. (1.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:23). (2.) One of David’s heroes (1 Chr. 11:43). (3.) Jer. 35:4. (4.) A descendant of Saul (1 Chr. 8:38). (5.) One of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:46). (6.) One of the Levites who assisted Ezra (Neh. 8:7). (7.) One of the chiefs who subscribed the covenant (Neh. 10:22).
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
(merciful).
One of the chief people of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:23)
The last of the six sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:38; 9:44) (B.C. 588.)
“Son of Maachah,” i.e. possibly a Syrian of Aram-maachah, one of the heroes of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:43) (B.C. 1046).
The sons of Hanan were among the Nethinim who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:46; Nehemiah 7:49) (B.C. 536).
One of the Levites who assisted Ezra in his public exposition of the law. (Nehemiah 8:7) (B.C. 446.) The same person is probably mentioned in ch. (Nehemiah 10:10)
One of the “heads” of “the people,” who also sealed the covenant. (Nehemiah 10:22) (B.C. 410.)
Another of the chief laymen on the same occasion. (Nehemiah 10:26)
Son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, whom Nehemiah made one of the store. keepers of the provisions collected as tithes. (Nehemiah 13:13)
Son of Igdaliah. (Jeremiah 35:4) (B.C. 410.)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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