Henadad

Henadad is the name of a Levite family that worked on rebuilding God’s house. When the foundation of the temple was being laid after the exile, the sons of Henadad helped set the workmen forward. Decades later, Nehemiah records two of Henadad’s sons, Bavai and Binnui, repairing sections of the Jerusalem wall, and Binnui is named again among the Levites who sealed the covenant. The text never describes Henadad himself. It shows only that his descendants kept at the same work through two rebuilding projects, one for the temple and one for the city around it.

4 verses

Ezra

Ezra 3:9

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 3:18

After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.

Nehemiah 3:24

After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.

Nehemiah 10:9

And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Favour of Hadad, the name of a Levite after the Captivity (Ezra 3:9).

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(grace of Hadad), the head of a family of the Levites who took a prominent part in the rebuilding of the temple. (Ezra 3:9)

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.