Johanan
And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,...
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Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah
secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know [it]:
wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are
gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in
Judah perish?...
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And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men,
heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor,
there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of
Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son
of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a
Maachathite, they and their men....
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Johanan is a Hebrew name meaning 'the LORD is gracious'. Other
forms of the name include John and Yochanan.
A Johanan, son of Kareah is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as
the leader who led the remnant of the population of the
Kingdom of Judah to Egypt for safety, after the destruction of
kingdom in 586 BC and the subsequent assassination of
Ged...
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jo-ha'-nan (yochanan, "Yahweh has been gracious"; Ioanan;
compare JEHOHANAN):
(1) Son of Kareah, and one of "the captains of the forces
who were in the fields" (i.e. probably guerrilla bands), who
allied with Gedaliah, governor of Judah, after the fall of
Jerusalem, 586 BC (2 Ki 25:23; Jer 40:7 through 43:7). He
warned Gedaliah of the plot of ...
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-1. A Jewish captain
2Ki 25:22-24
Warns Gedaliah against Ishmael
Jer 40:13-16
Ishmael defeated by
Jer 41:11-15
Sought prayers of Jeremiah
Jer 42:2,3
Disobeyed Jeremiah and took him to Egypt
Jer 43:1-7
-2. Son of Josiah
1Ch 3:15
-3. A son of Elioenai
1Ch 3:24
-4. A Levite
1Ch 6:9,10
-5. Two Israelites who joined David at Ziklag
1Ch ...
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(gift or grace of God).
1. Son of Azariah and grandson of Ahimaaz the son of
Zadok, and father of Azariah, 3. 1Ch 6:9,10 Authorized
Version.
2. Son of Elioenai, the son of Neariah, the son of
Shemaiah, in the line of Zerubbabel's heirs. 1Ch 3:24 (B.C.
after 406.)
3. The son of Kaereah, and one of the captains of
the scattered remnants of th...
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whom Jehovah graciously bestows. (1.) One of the Gadite
heroes
who joined David in the desert of Judah (1 Chr.
12:12).
(2.) The oldest of King Josiah's sons (1 Chr. 3:15).
(3.) 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 Gedalia...
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