Das Urteil Salomonis (Judgment of Solomon)Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop · c. 1537-1550

Baana

בַּעֲנָא/BAY-uh-nuh/

“Son of affliction”

Summary

The name of several men in the Old Testament, including two of Solomon's twelve district governors.

☩Solomon's Commissariat Officers

Two of Solomon's twelve purveyors bore this name. The first, son of Ahilud, had jurisdiction over the district comprising Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean with the adjacent region. The second, son of Hushai, administered the district of Asher and Bealoth.

Key verses:1 Kings 4:121 Kings 4:16

☩Post-Exilic Figure

A third Baana was the father of Zadok, who repaired a portion of Jerusalem's walls between the Fish Gate and the Old Gate after the return from Babylon.

Key verses:Nehemiah 3:4

Related Verses2 mentions

1 Kings· 1 verse

4:12

Nehemiah· 1 verse

3:4

References

1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Baana," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
2.James Orr (ed.), "Baana," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).