Baal-hanan (Hebrew: בַּעַל חָנָן / בָּעַל חָנָן, Standard Baʿal Ḥanan Tiberian Baʿal Ḥānān / Bāʿal Ḥānān) means "Baal has been gracious".
He is called the son of Achbor; but the name of his native city is not given.
For this and other reasons, Marqaurt supposes that "son of Achbor" is a duplicate of "son of Beor" (Gen. 36:32), and that "Baal-hanan" in the original text is given as the name of the father of the next king, Hadar.
[2] The date and even historicity[3] of his reign are unknown, as he is not mentioned in any other surviving source.
In 1 Chronicles 27:28 he is described as being responsible to King David for the care of olive and sycamore trees.