Hanani in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(gracious). 1. One of the sons of Heman, and head of the eighteenth course of the service. 1Ch 25:4,25 2. A seer who rebuked (B.C. 941) Asa king of Judah. 2Ch 16:7 For this he was imprisoned. ver. 10 He or another Hanani was the father of Jehu the seer, who testified against Baasha, 1Ki 16:1,7 and Jehoshaphat. 2Ch 19:2; 20:34 3. One of the priests who in the time of Ezra had taken strange wives. Ezr 10:20 4. A brother of Nehemiah, Ne 1:2 who was made governor of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. Ch. Ne 7:2 5. A priest mentioned in Ne 12:36