Hanani

Huh-nay´ni; Heb., a shortened form of Hananiah, “God has favored me [with a child]”

1 A musician, the son of Heman, a contemporary of David (1Chr 25:4). 2 A prophet who rebuked the Judean kings Asa (2Chr 16:7) and Jehoshaphat (2Chr 19:2) and whose son Jehu rebuked the Northern king Baasha (1Kgs 16:1). 3 A postexilic priest who married a foreign wife (Ezra 10:20). 4 Nehemiah’s brother or kinsman (Neh 1:2). 5 A musician who helped Nehemiah restore Jerusalem’s wall (Neh 12:36).