Bible Encyclopedias
Baanah

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

1. Son of Rimmon the Beerothite, of Benjamin, who, with his brother Rechab, was an officer under Ishbosheth. He killed Ishbosheth and brought his head to David in the hope of obtaining a reward; but instead of this, he and his brother were put to death by David (2 Samuel 4:2,5,6,9).
2. Father of Heleb, one of the thirty men in the body-guard of David (2 Samuel 23:29).
3. One of the "children of the province" that returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2, and in the parallel account of Nehemiah 7:7). He was among those that sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:27,28; see also I Esd. 5:8, where the name is spelled "Baana").