Bani
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
(from a root meaning “to build”) — the name of several persons: a) (1 Chron. 6:46) a Levite of the family of Merari; b) (1 Chron. 9:4) a person mentioned in the genealogy of Uthai, descendant of Perez; c) (Ezra 2:10) an Israelite, whose sons are listed among those who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel; d) (Neh. 3:17) a Levite, father of Rehum; e) (Neh. 10:13 [as given]) a Levite, who gave a pledge not to enter into marriage with foreigners; f) (Neh. 11:22) a Levite, descendant of the singer Asaph; g) (2 Esdras 8:36) an Israelite who came out of Babylon together with others in the reign of Artaxerxes.