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Bani
BANI (bā'nī, Heb. bānî, posterity)
BANI bā’ nī (בָּנִ֖י, build). 1. A Gadite; one of David’s “thirty,” the military elite of its time (
2. An ancestor of the Levite Merari through the family of Ethan whose son served in the Tabernacle during the time of David (
3. A descendant of the tribe of Pharez, son of Judah by Uthai, a postexilic inhabitant of Jerusalem (
4. The ancestor of some who returned with Zerubbabel (
5. An ancestor of Shelomith who accompanied Ezra as a representative from Babylon to be restored to
6. One whose descendants had taken foreign wives (
7. A Levite whose son helped to repair the wall (
8. A Levite who along with others assisted Ezra in expounding the law of God (
9. One of the Levitical representatives who signed the covenant in response to the great revival upon hearing the law of God again proclaimed (
10. One of the “chiefs of the people” who signed the same covenant as in #9 (
11. Father of an overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem of the sons of Asaph, “the singers, over the business of the house of God” (
This name is easily confused with Binnui or Bunah and its popularity in the postexilic period makes it even more difficult. A further difficulty is encountered in sorting out the individuals with this name from its use as a family or clan name. Some of the above may therefore refer to the same Bani.
Bibliography
M. Noth, IPN, 172.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(bani, "posterity"):
(1) A Gadite, one of David’s mighty men (
(2) A Levite whose son was appointed for service in the tabernacle at David’s time (
(3) A Judahite whose son lived in Jerusalem after the captivity (
(4) The descendants of Bani (called Binnui,
(5) Bani who had taken a "strange wife" (
(6) Son of Bani, a Levite and builder (
(7) Bani, who instructed the people at Ezra’s time (
(8) Three Levites mentioned in connection with the temple worship at Ezra’s time (
(9) A Levite who sealed the covenant with Ne (
(10) A leader of the people who also signed the covenant (
(11) One whose son Uzzi was overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem (
See Binnui.