Hanani seems to have been an actual brother of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 7:2).

Introductory: News brought to Nehemiah concerning the sad state of Jerusalem and the people.

The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, Th…

That Hanani, one of my brethren
Either in natural relation, (Nehemiah 7:2) , or being a Jew of the same …

Nehemiah was the Persian king's cup-bearer. When God has work to do, He will never lack instruments to do it with. Nehemiah lived at ease and in ho…