Jehohanan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

je-ho-ha'-nan (yehochanan, "Yahweh is (or has been) gracious"): (1) A Korahite doorkeeper in David's reign, "son" of Meshelemiah (1 Ch 26:3). Septuagint, Luc, has "Jehonathan." (2) One of the five captains over King Jehoshaphat's army (2 Ch 17:15), probably father of Ishmael, "son of Jehohanan" (2 Ch 23:1). (3) Ezr 10:6 (the King James Version has "Johnnan") = "Johanan" of Neh 12:22,23 = "Jonathan" of Neh 12:11, "son" of Eliashib (Ezr 10:6; but "grandson" in Neh 12:11). He was high priest in Ezra's time = "Jonas" in 1 Esdras 9:1 (the King James Version "Joanan"). (4) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:28) = "Joannes" the Revised Version (British and American), "Johannes" the King James Version (1 Esdras 9:29). (5) Son of Tobiah, the Ammonite, Nehemiah's opponent (Neh 6:18, the King James Version "Johanan"). (6) Head of the priestly family of Amariah (Neh 12:13). (7) A priest present at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem (Neh 12:42). (8) The name in the Hebrew of 2 Ch 28:12. See JOHANAN, (7). David Francis Roberts