Hanun ( ''Ḥānūn'') was a king of

Ammon Ammon (; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''ʻAmān''; '; ) was an ancient Semitic languages, Semitic-speaking kingdom occupying the east of the Jordan River, between the torrent valleys of Wadi Mujib, Arnon and Jabbok, in present-d ...

described in 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles.

Biblical narrative

Upon the death of his father Nahash, Hanun ascended to the throne of the Ammonites. When King David sent

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s to convey his condolences, Hanun listened to the suspicions of the "princes of the people of Ammon", reversed his father's pro-Davidic policy and humiliated the emissaries, stripping them of their clothes and shaving half of their beards. He allied with the Syrian king Hadadezer against

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but was defeated and deposed. His brother Shobi was made king in his stead and became a loyal vassal of David.

Other people of this name

Two other people in the

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who returned from the Babylonian Exile and, with the people of Zanoah, repaired the valley gate in the wall of

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. ( Nehemiah iii. 13) # The sixth son of Zalaph, who also assisted in the repairing of the wall ( Nehemiah iii. 30).

References

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