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Johanan

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  1. 1.One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in the desert of Judah (1 Chr.
  2. 2.The oldest of King Josiah’s sons (1 Chr.
  3. 3.Son of Careah, one of the Jewish chiefs who rallied round Gedaliah, whom…

Whom Jehovah graciously bestows.

  1. Johanan (1)

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    One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in the desert of Judah (1 Chr. 12:12).

  2. Johanan (2)

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    The oldest of King Josiah’s sons (1 Chr. 3:15).

  3. Johanan (3)

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    Son of Careah, one of the Jewish chiefs who rallied round Gedaliah, whom Nebuchadnezzar had made governor in Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:23; Jer. 40:8). He warned Gedaliah of the plans of Ishmael against him, a warning which was unheeded (Jer. 40:13, 16). He afterwards pursued the murderer of the governor, and rescued the captives (41:8, 13, 15, 16). He and his associates subsequently fled to Tahpanhes in Egypt (43:2, 4, 5), taking Jeremiah with them. “The flight of Gedaliah’s community to Egypt extinguished the last remaining spark of life in the Jewish state. The work of the ten centuries since Joshua crossed the Jordan had been undone.”

Also from Smith's (1884) +

(gift or grace of God).

Son of Azariah and grandson of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, and father of Azariah, 3. (1 Chronicles 6:9,10) Authorized Version. Son of Elioenai, the son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah, in the line of Zerubbabel’s heirs. (1 Chronicles 3:24) (B.C. after 406.) The son of Kaereah, and one of the captains of the scattered remnants of the army of Judah, who escaped in the final attack upon Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. (B.C. 588.) After the murder of Gedaliah, Johanan was one of the foremost in the pursuit of his assassin, and rescued the captives he had carried off from Mizpah. (Jeremiah 41:11-16) Fearing the vengeance of the Chaldeans, the captains, with Johanan at their head, notwithstanding the warnings of Jeremiah, retired into Egypt. The first-born son of Josiah king of Judah. (1 Chronicles 3:15) (B.C. 638-610.) A valiant Benjamite who joined David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:4) (B.C. 1055.) A Gadite warrior who followed David. (1 Chronicles 12:12) The father of Azariah, an Ephraimite in the time of Ahaz. (2 Chronicles 28:12) The son of Hakkatan, and chief of the Bene-Azgad who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:12) The son of Eliashib, one of the chief Levites. (Ezra 10:6; Nehemiah 12:23) The son of Tobiah the Ammonite. (Nehemiah 6:18)

In the Bible

27

Verses where Johanan is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 3:15

    The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:24

    The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:9

    Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, Azariah was the father of Johanan,

  • 1 Chronicles 6:10

    Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,

  • 1 Chronicles 12:4

    Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;

  • 1 Chronicles 12:12

    Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

+21 more verses naming Johanan.

Scripture on Johanan

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Entries that reference Johanan

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Johanan references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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