Bible Person

Baal-hanan

Male · 1 cross reference

Baal-hanan is the official over olive and sycamore resources in David's administration. He belongs to the agricultural stewardship that supports the kingdom's economic life. First appears in 1 Chr 27:28.1

AI summary: Baal-hanan matters because his single cross reference places him in charge of valuable produce from the lowlands, showing the practical breadth of David's administrative order. The entry reminds the reader that royal stability depended on careful management of land and resources as well as military command. Taken together, the material presents Baal-hanan as an agricultural overseer in the organized monarchy.1

Central Figure

Baal-hanan

An overseer of “the olive trees and sycomore trees in the low plains” (the Shephelah) under David (1 Chr.