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HANAN.—1. One of the Levites who assisted Ezra in reading and explaining the Law to the people (Neh_8:7; in 1Es_9:48 Ananias); probably the same as the signatory to the covenant (Neh_10:10). 2. The son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah, one of the four treasurers appointed by Neh. over the storehouses in which the tithes were kept (Neh_13:13). 3. A Benjamite chief (1Ch_8:23). 4. The youngest son of Azel, a descendant of Saul (1Ch_8:38 = 1Ch_9:44). 5. One of David’s mighty men (1Ch_11:43). 6. The son of Igdaliah. His sons had a chamber in the Temple (Jer_35:4). 7. The head of a family of Nethinim who returned with Zerub. (Ezr_2:46, Neh_7:49); called Anan in 1Es_5:30. 8. 9. Two of ‘the chiefs of the people’ who sealed the covenant (Neh_10:22; Neh_10:26).