Bible Person
Meaning: grace; mercy; gift of the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference
This Hananiah entry refers to an ancestor in the line behind the captain who arrests Jeremiah, not to the false prophet or the many post-exilic figures of the same name. He belongs to the family background of Judah's final political tensions. First appears in Jer 37:13.1
AI summary: This Hananiah matters because his single cross reference helps anchor the story of Jeremiah's arrest in a remembered household line. Even a brief paternal notice adds depth to the political setting surrounding the prophet's suffering. Taken together, the material presents this Hananiah as an ancestral figure in Jeremiah's opposition setting.1
Central Figure
Hananiah
Meaning: grace; mercy; gift of the Lord
Grandfather of the captain who arrested Jeremiah (Jer.
Grandfather of the captain who arrested Jeremiah (Jer. 37:13). 3
| Book | Cross-References |
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.