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Johanan Scripture - 2 Kings 25:23

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 in Wikipedia

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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Johanan Scripture - 1 Chronicles 6:9

And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,...

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Johanan Scripture - Jeremiah 40:15

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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Johanan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

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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Johanan in Naves Topical Bible

-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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Johanan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

who is liberal or merciful...

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Johanan in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(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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Johanan in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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