Baal-hanan

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Baal-hanan (Hebrew: בַּעַל חָנָן / בָּעַל חָנָן, Standard Baʿal Ḥanan Tiberian Baʿal Ḥānān / Bāʿal Ḥānān) means "Baal has been gracious".[1] There are two men by this name in the Hebrew Bible.

In Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"., Baal-hanan is a King of Edom. He is also mentioned in the King List in Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".. He succeeded Shaul and was himself succeeded by Hadad. He was the son of Achbor.

He is called the son of Achbor; but the name of his native city is not given. For this and other reasons, Marqaurt supposes that "son of Achbor" is a duplicate of "son of Beor" (Gen. 36:32), and that "Baal-hanan" in the original text is given as the name of the father of the next king, Hadar.[2]

The date and even historicity[3] of his reign are unknown, as he is not mentioned in any other surviving source.

In the Books of Chronicles there is also a second man by this name, from the city of Geder. In Script error: No such module "Bibleverse". he is described as being responsible to King David for the care of olive and sycamore trees.

Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check King of Edom Template:S-ttl/check Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

References

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  2. Josef Markwart (Joseph Marquart), Fundamente Israelitischer und Jüdischer Gesch. 1896, pp. 10 et seq.
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