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    14 others in the registry answer to the name Hananiah. Every Hananiah in the Bible

    person

    Hananiah

    חֲנַנְיָ֫הוּ

    Hananiah was appointed by Nehemiah as the governor of Jerusalem, along with Hanani, due to his faithfulness and fear of God.

    verses
    1
    first named
    Nehemiah 7:2
    last named
    Nehemiah 7:2
    period
    Exile and Return
    role
    Man

    Description

    Who was Hananiah?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Hananiah is mentioned in Neh.7.2 as one of the individuals appointed by Nehemiah as a governor of Jerusalem. After the completion of the rebuilding of the wall of Jerusalem, Nehemiah needed reliable leaders to oversee the city's security and administration. He chose Hananiah, along with his brother Hanani, because they were considered more faithful and God-fearing than others. As a governor, Hananiah was responsible for maintaining order, protecting the city, and ensuring the well-being of its inhabitants. Nehemiah's selection of Hananiah for this important role indicates his trust in Hananiah's character and abilities. The appointment of faithful individuals like Hananiah was crucial for the stability and prosperity of Jerusalem in the post-exilic period.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Hananiah6 of 6 entities the graph connects to Hananiah, in 2 groups: company 1, events 5. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Narrator’s appointment of Gatekeeper, Singer, Levi, and HananiTook part in · 2 versesCompanyJerusalem1 event · 888 versesLevi1 event · 329 versesSinger1 event · 29 versesGatekeeper1 event · 20 versesHanani1 event · 2 versesEventsHananiah

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Hananiah happensThe one place the claims about Hananiah reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Jerusalem. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Hananiah there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Jerusalem
    Exile and ReturnThe one place the claims about Hananiah reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. Nehemiah1 verse

      7:2

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Narrator’s appointment of Gatekeeper, Singer, Levi, and HananiAppointmentAppointment is a concept gathering 110 labelled instances in the text.via Narrator’s appointment of Gatekeeper, Singer, Levi, and HananiGatekeeperGatekeeper is a concept gathering 14 labelled instances in the text.via Narrator’s appointment of Gatekeeper, Singer, Levi, and HananiHananiNehemiah's brother, who reported on Jerusalem's condition.via Narrator’s appointment of Gatekeeper, Singer, Levi, and HananiJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsvia Narrator’s appointment of Gatekeeper, Singer, Levi, and HananiLeviSon of Jacob; progenitor of the Levitesvia Narrator’s appointment of Gatekeeper, Singer, Levi, and HananiSingerSinger is a concept gathering 18 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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