Canan or Hanan = "he is merciful"

1. one of the chief people of the tribe of Benjamin

2. last of the 6 sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul

3. son of Maachah, one of David's mighty warriors

4. father of some sons who returned from exile with Zerubbabel

5. one of the Levites who assisted Ezra in his public exposition of the law

6. one of the heads of the people who also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

7. another of the chief laymen who also sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

8. son of Zaccur, grandson of Mattaniah whom Nehemiah made one of the storekeepers of the provisions collected as tithes. Same as 5 ?

9. son of Igdaliah

Anaiah = "Jehovah has answered"

1. a priest who helped Ezra and signed the covenant with Nehemiah

Pelatiah = "Jehovah delivers"

1. son of Hananiah and grandson of Zerubbabel

2. a Simeonite in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah who was one of the captains of 500 men who defeated the Amalekites who had escaped

3. one of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

4. son of Benaiah and one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was ordered to prophesy doom