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Baanah

Meaning: son of affliction.

This is the name of 2 biblical men contemporaneous with David.

1. Baanah, son of Rimmon

   Bannah is one of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, a captain in Saul’s army.

   He and his brother Rechab assassinated Ishbosheth in the hopes of winning special favor with David (2 Samuel 4:2). David was outraged and slewed them both, and hung their mutilated bodies over the pool at Hebron (2 Sam. 4:5-6, 12).

2. Baanah, father of Heled

   This Baanah is one of David’s 30 heroes (2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:30).