Baal-hanan
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Baal-Hanan
("the Lord was compassionate")
1. The son of Achbor; he was the seventh king of Edom and ruled after Saul-of-Rehoboth-by-the-River; his successor was Hadad.
2. Baal Hanan the Gederite, a state official appointed by David, in charge of "the olive trees and the sycamores that were in the lowlands".
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BAAL-HANAN 1:
Gen 36:38-39. I Chr 1:49-50
BAAL-HANAN 2:
I Chr 27:28
Baal-hanan (bā'əl-hā'năn), in the Bible. 1 King of Edom. 2 One of David's officers.
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Baal-hanan
Baal-hanan (Hebrew: בַּעַל חָנָן / בָּעַל חָנָן, Standard Báʿal ḥanan Tiberian Báʿal ḥānān / Bāʿal ḥānān) means "Baal is gracious". There are two men by this name in the Hebrew Bible.
In Genesis 36:38–39, Baal-hanan is a King of Edom. He is also mentioned in the King List in I Chronicles 1:49–50. He succeeded Shaul and was himself succeeded by Hadad. He was the son of Achbor, and his wife Mehetabel was the daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab.
He is called the son of Achbor; but the name of his native city is not given. For this and other reasons, Marquart ("Fundamente Israelitischer und Jüdischer Gesch." 1896, pp. 10 et seq.) supposes that "son of Achbor" is a duplicate of "son of Beor" (Gen. xxxvi. 32), and that "Baal-hanan" in the original text is given as the name of the father of the next king, Hadar.
The date and even historicity 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 I Chronicles 27:28 he is described as being responsible to King David for the care of olive and sycamore trees.
| Preceded by Saul of Rehoboth |
King of Edom | Succeeded by Hadar |
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