Baanah

Bible Person · Male

Who was Baanah?

One of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, a captain in Saul’s army. He and his brother Rechab assassinated Ishbosheth (2 Sam. 4:2), and were on this account slain by David, and their mutilated bodies suspended over the pool at Hebron (5, 6, 12).

Biography from Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain).

Family

Parents: Rimmon
Siblings: Rechab

Where Baanah appears in Scripture

2 Samuel 4:2
2 Samuel 4:5
2 Samuel 4:6
2 Samuel 4:9

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