Baanah

Baanah. [N] [E] [H]

  1. Son of Rimmon, a Benjamite, who with his brother Rechab murdered Ishbosheth For this they were killed by David; and their mutilated bodies hung up over the pool at Hebron. ( 2 Samuel 4:2 2 Samuel 4:5 2 Samuel 4:6 2 Samuel 4:9 ) (B.C. 1046.)
  2. A Netophathite, father of Heleb or Heled, one of Davids mighty men. ( 2 Samuel 23:29 ; 1 Chronicles 11:30 ) (B.C. before 1066.)
  3. Accurately Baana, son of Hushai, Solomons commissariat officer in Asher. ( 1 Kings 4:16 ) (B.C. 1012.)
  4. Aman who accompanied Zerubbabel on his return from the captivity. ( Ezra 2:2 ; Nehemiah 7:7 ) Possibly the same person is intended in ( Nehemiah 10:27 ) (B.C. 536.)

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Baanah'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.