Hena

Hena is a city named in a taunt. When the Assyrian king’s officer stands outside Jerusalem, he lists the towns his master has overrun: “Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?” The point is that no god had saved any of them, so Judah’s God would not either. Second Kings 18 and 19 and Isaiah 37 repeat the list. Scripture says nothing else about Hena. What follows is King Hezekiah spreading the letter before the LORD, a reminder that the boast of a great power is not the last word.

3 verses

2 Kings

2 Kings 18:34

Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?

2 Kings 19:13

Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

Isaiah

Isaiah 37:13

Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

One of the cities of Mesopotamia destroyed by sennacherib (2 Kings 18:34; 19:13). It is identified with the modern Anah, lying on the right bank of the Euphrates, not far from Sepharvaim.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(troubling), a city the Assyrian kings had reduced shortly before the time of Sennacherib. (2 Kings 19:13; Isaiah 37:13) At no great distance from Sippara (now Mosaib) is an ancient town called And or Anah , which may be the same as Hena. It is 20 miles from Babylon on the Euphrates.

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.