Prophet
Hanani
Prophet of the Old Testament, father of the prophet Jehu.
Life
The Prophet Hanani (Ananias) is a prophet of the Old Testament, the father of the prophet Jehu. The Orthodox Church commemorates him on 27 March. He lived in the time of King Asa of Judah.
King Asa, with God's help, had at first victoriously repelled the attack of the king of Syria against him. Afterward, however, Asa made a treaty with the king of Syria and sent him gold and silver to help him in the war against the kingdom of Israel. Then the Prophet Hanani appeared before Asa and rebuked him very sharply (2 Chronicles 16).
Asa, angered, imprisoned the prophet. In the end the prophet died in peace. The Greek source places the time of King Asa in the year 955 before Christ.
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