Ananiah
Ananiah, in the Bible, is a town in the tribe of Benjamin between Nob and Hazor (modern Tell el-Qedah)<ref name="Freedman2000">Template:Cite book</ref> (Template:Bibleverse). It is one of the localities inhabited by the tribe of Benjamin after the return from the Babylonian Exile.<ref>Template:Bibleverse</ref> Ananiah, whose name means "protected by God," was identified by the 19th century French traveler V. Guérin, author of Description de La Jude'e, with the present-day Beit Hanina, located 3 miles north of Jerusalem.<ref name=Guerin394>Guérin, 1868, p. 394</ref> Edward Robinson concurred, but W.F. Albright maintained that Ananiah is the village of al-Eizariya east of Jerusalem.<ref>About Beit Hanina Template:Webarchive Official Website Beit Hanina Community Center; Mohamed Shaker Sifadden</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Some modern scholars also identify Ananiah with al-Eizariya.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>