the Israelites hamstrung the horses of their enemies, on one occasion Joshua being specifically directed to do so by Jehovah. (Josh. 11:6, 9; 2 Sam. 8:3, 4; 1 Chron. 18:3, 4) This was the simplest method of putting horses out of the battle, and after being disabled in this way, the horses undoubtedly were killed, destroyed along with the war chariots. By not appropriating to themselves the horses of their enemies and then using them in warfare, the Israelites would be safeguarded from being ensnared into relying on horses instead of on Jehovah for protection.—Compare Deuteronomy 17:16; Isaiah 31:1, 3.

HAMUL

(Haʹmul) [spared], Hamulites (Ha·muʹlites).

The younger son of Perez and grandson of Judah, from whom the Hamulites descended.—Gen. 46:12; Num. 26:21; 1 Chron. 2:5.

HAMUTAL

(Ha·muʹtal) [possibly, father-in-law is dew].

Daughter of “Jeremiah from Libnah”; wife of King Josiah and mother of Jehoahaz and Mattaniah (Zedekiah), both of whom reigned as kings over Judah.—2 Ki. 23:30, 31; 24:17, 18; Jer. 52:1.

HANAMEL

(Hanʹa·mel) [possibly, God is gracious].

Son of Shallum the paternal uncle of the prophet Jeremiah. It was from Hanamel that the prophet bought the field that was in Anathoth at the time the Babylonians were laying siege to Jerusalem.—Jer. 32:1-12.

HANAN

(Haʹnan) [gracious].

1. One of the “sons of Shashak”; a Benjamite.—1 Chron. 8:1, 23-25.

2. Son of Maacah; one of the mighty men of David’s military forces.—1 Chron. 11:26, 43.

3. One of the six sons of Azel; a descendant of King Saul.—1 Chron. 8:33-38; 9:44.

4. Son of Igdaliah. It was in the dining room of the sons of Hanan that the prophet Jeremiah tested the Rechabites’ obedience to the command of their forefather Jehonadab not to drink wine.—Jer. 35:3-6.

5. Head of a family of Nethinim temple slaves, members of which returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel in 537 B.C.E.—Ezra 2:1, 2, 43, 46; Neh. 7:46, 49.

6. One of the Levites who assisted Ezra in explaining the Law to the congregation of Israel assembled in the public square before the Water Gate of Jerusalem. (Neh. 8:1, 7) He may have been the same as No. 7 and/or No. 10.

7. A Levite whose descendant, if not himself, attested by seal the “trustworthy arrangement” contracted during Nehemiah’s governorship. (Neh. 9:38; 10:1, 9, 10) If it was Hanan himself who sealed this agreement, he may be the same as No. 6 above and/or No. 10 below.

8, 9. Two “heads of the people” whose descendants, if not themselves, attested to the confession contract during Nehemiah’s governorship.—Neh. 9:38; 10:1, 14, 22, 26.

10. Son of Zaccur; a faithful Levite appointed by Nehemiah to distribute the due portions to the Levites, under the direction of Shelemiah, Zadok and Pedaiah. (Neh. 13:13) He may be the same as No. 6 and/or No. 7 above.

HANANEL

See TOWER.

HANANI

(Ha·naʹni) [possibly, Jehovah has been gracious].

1. One of Heman’s fourteen sons. Hanani was designated by lot to lead the eighteenth group of musicians at the sanctuary in the time of King David.—1 Chron. 25:4-6, 9, 25.

2. The seer or visionary who rebuked King Asa of Judah for making an alliance with the king of Syria instead of relying upon Jehovah, and who was put in the house of the stocks because the king took offense at what he said. (2 Chron. 16:1-3, 7-10) Hanani apparently was the father of Jehu, the prophet who rebuked Baasha the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah.—1 Ki. 16:1-4, 7; 2 Chron. 19:2, 3; 20:34.

3. A priest of the “sons of Immer” among those dismissing their foreign wives in compliance with Ezra’s exhortation.—Ezra 2:36, 37; 10:10, 11, 20, 44.

4. Nehemiah’s brother. At the time of his coming to Shushan, Hanani, along with other men of Judah, apprised Nehemiah of the condition of Jerusalem’s wall. (Neh. 1:2, 3) After the wall was rebuilt, Nehemiah put his brother Hanani and also Hananiah in command of Jerusalem.—Neh. 7:1, 2.

5. A Levite priest and musician who participated in the procession arranged by Nehemiah at the inauguration of Jerusalem’s wall.—Neh. 12:31-36.

HANANIAH

(Han·a·niʹah) [Jehovah has been gracious].

1. Son of Shashak and head of a Benjamite house.—1 Chron. 8:1, 24, 25, 28.

2. One of the fourteen sons of Heman and head of the sixteenth of the twenty-four service groups of Levitical musicians appointed by David to serve at the sanctuary.—1 Chron. 25:1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 23.

3. A high-ranking officer (‘prince’) in King Uzziah’s army.—2 Chron. 26:11.

4. Father of the Zedekiah who was a prince during the reign of Jehoiakim the king of Judah.—Jer. 36:12.

5. Son of Azzur; a false prophet from the Benjamite city of Gibeon who opposed Jehovah’s prophet Jeremiah. During the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, while Jeremiah encouraged the people to bring their necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and thus keep living (Jer. 27:12-14), Hananiah prophesied that Babylon’s power would be broken within two years, the Jewish exiles there would be released and all the confiscated utensils of the temple would be returned. To illustrate his point, Hananiah removed the wooden yoke from off Jeremiah’s neck and broke it. Jehovah then commanded Jeremiah to inform Hananiah that the yoke bar of wood was to be replaced by an iron yoke, and that Hananiah’s death would occur within that year. True to the prophecy, the false prophet died in that year.—Jer. chap. 28.

6. Probably the grandfather of Irijah the officer at the gate of Benjamin who seized the prophet Jeremiah, falsely charging that he was attempting to desert to the Chaldeans.—Jer. 37:1-15.

7. The Hebrew name of Shadrach, one of Daniel’s three Jewish companions taken to Babylon in 617 B.C.E.—Dan. 1:6, 7; see SHADRACH.

8. Son of Zerubbabel and father of Pelatiah and Jeshaiah.—1 Chron. 3:19, 21.

9. A descendant of Bebai who was among those heeding Ezra’s exhortation to dismiss their foreign wives.—Ezra 10:10, 11, 28, 44.

10. A Levite priest and head of the paternal house of Jeremiah during Nehemiah’s governorship.—Neh.12:12, 26.

11. A member of the ointment mixers who did repair work on the wall of Jerusalem in Nehemiah’s time.—Neh. 3:8.

12. Son of Shelemiah; one who shared in repairing the wall of Jerusalem in 455 B.C.E.—Neh. 3:30.

13. A priestly trumpeter who participated in the ceremonies arranged by Nehemiah at the inauguration of Jerusalem’s wall.—Neh. 12:31, 40, 41.

14. One of the heads of the people whose descendant, if not himself, attested by seal the “trustworthy arrangement” contracted during Nehemiah’s governorship.—Neh. 9:38; 10:1, 14, 23.

15. The prince of the Castle, a trustworthy man fearing God more than many others. Nehemiah put him in command of Jerusalem along with Hanani.—Neh. 7:2.

HAND

[Heb., yadh (the word most widely used); kaph, also used for “palm” (or “sole” of the foot); ya·minʹ, “right hand”; s^emoʼlʹ, “left hand.” Gr., kheir,