Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy
Ben-hanan was a descendant of Judah through Shimon.
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Ben-hanan is mentioned in the genealogy of Judah as a son of Shimon (1Ch. 4:20). He was part of the clan of Judah that descended from Perez, one of Judah's sons. No further details about Ben-hanan's life or role are provided in the biblical text. His inclusion in the genealogy highlights the importance of family lineage and the preservation of ancestral records among the people of Israel.
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BEN'-HA'NAN (son of one gracious), a Judite. 1 Chr 4:20.
BEN'-HA'NAN (son of one gracious), a Judite. 1 Chr 4:20.
Easton (1897), Smith (1863), Hitchcock (1869), Hastings (1898) and Schaff are in the public domain. Parsed text: neuu-org/bible-dictionary-dataset (CC BY 4.0). Headwords and whitespace normalised for this site.
1 verse in 1 book · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H1135
The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
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