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Chenaanah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1

Merchant.

2

A Benjamite (1 Chr 7:10).

3

The father of Zedekiah (1 Kgs 22:11, 24).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ke-na'-a-na (kena`anah, feminine form of "Canaan," though others explain it as "toward Canaan"): The name of two men:

(1) The fourth-named of the seven sons of Bilham, son of Jediael, of the tribe of Benjamin, a leading warrior in the time of David (1 Chr 7:10).

(2) Father of the false prophet Zedekiah, who encouraged Ahab against Micaiah (1 Kgs 22:11; 1 Kgs 22:24; 2 Chr 18:10; 2 Chr 18:23).

See also

Person Chenaanah (1 Kgs 22,11) Person Chenaanah (1 Chr 7,10)

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread (fully or partially). Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).