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Person Old Testament

Anani

Anani was a descendant of King David, mentioned in the genealogy recorded in 1 Chronicles. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 3:24.

Why it matters. Descendant of King David

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Anani

Anani is listed in the genealogy of King David found in 1Chronicles 3. He is mentioned as one of the descendants of David, specifically from the line of Solomon. The genealogy traces David's lineage after the Babylonian exile, indicating that Anani lived during the post-exilic period. Apart from his mention in this genealogical record, no other information is provided about Anani in the Bible.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Elioenai

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    3:24

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.