One of the cities of Mesopotamia destroyed by sennacherib (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13). It is identified with the modern Anah, lying on the right bank of the Euphrates, not far from Sepharvaim.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Place
Hena
Name meaning: troubling (Hitchcock)
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(troubling), a city the Assyrian kings had reduced shortly before the time of Sennacherib. (2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 37:13) At no great distance from Sippara (now Mosaib) is an ancient town called And or Anah, which may be the same as Hena. It is 20 miles from Babylon on the Euphrates.
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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