CHENAANAH

ke-na'-a-na (kena`anah, feminine form of "Canaan," though others explain it as "toward Canaan"): The name of two men:

(1) The fourth-named of the seven sons of Bilham, son of Jediael, of the tribe of Benjamin, a leading warrior in the time of David (1 Chronicles 7:10).

(2) Father of the false prophet Zedekiah, who encouraged Ahab against Micaiah (1 Kings 22:11,24; 2 Chronicles 18:10,23).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.