Person Old Testament
Hananiah
Hananiah, son of Shelemiah, repaired a section of Jerusalem's wall during Nehemiah's time. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 3:30.
Why it matters. Shelemiah's son, helped repair Jerusalem's wall
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Hananiah
Hananiah, the son of Shelemiah, is mentioned in Neh.3.30 as one of the people who participated in repairing the wall of Jerusalem during Nehemiah's time. He worked on a section of the wall after Meshullam, the son of Berechiah. Hananiah's involvement in the repair work highlights the collective effort of the Jewish community in restoring and fortifying the city's defenses.
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
- Shelemiah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Nehemiah (1 verse)