jehohanan Summary and Overview

Jehovah-granted, Jeroboam II. (1.) A Korhite, the head of one of the divisions of the temple porters (1 Chr. 26:3). (2.) One of Jehoshaphat's "captains" (2 Chr. 17:15). (3.) The father of Azariah (2 Chr. 28:12). (4.) The son of Tobiah, an enemy of the Jews (Neh. 6:18). (5.) Neh. 12:42. (6.) Neh. 12:13.

(whom Jehovah gave), a name of which John is the contraction. 1. A Korhite Levite, one of the doorkeepers to the tabernacle. #1Ch 26:3| comp. 1Chr 25:1 (B.C. 1014.) 2. One of the principal men of Judah under King Jehoshaphat. #2Ch 17:15| comp. 2Chr 17:13 and 2Chr 17:19 (B.C. 910.) 3. Father of Ishmael, one of the "captains of hundreds" whom Jehoiada the priest took into his confidence about the restoration of the line of Judah. #2Ch 23:1| (B.C. 910.) 4. One of the Bene-Bebai who was forced to put away his foreign wife. #Ezr 10:28| (B.C. 459.) 5. A priest, #Ne 12:13| during the high priesthood of Joiakim. ver. #Ne 12:12| (B.C. 406.) 6. A priest who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. #Ne 12:42| (B.C. 446.)

JEHOHA'NAN (whom Jehovah gave), a name contracted into Johanan, and thus into the familiar John. 1. A Levite porter of the Korhite family. 1 Chr 26:3. 2. Chief military leader under Jehoshaphat, 2 Chr 17:15, and probably the father of Ishmael, with whom Jehoiada conspired to set Joash on the throne. 2 Chr 23:1. 3. One who put away his foreign wife. Ezr 10:28. 4. A priest under the high priest Joiakim. Neh 12:13. 5. A priest who officiated in the service of song at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. Neh 12:42.

1. ="Jehovah's gift." The New Testament John, meaning the same as Theodore. 1 Chronicles 26:1, margin 3; of the sons of Ebiasaph (not Asaph, who was a Gershonite not Kohathite). 2. The captain of 280,000 in and about Jerusalem under Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 17:13,15,19). Probably the same as the father of Ishmael, the captain who helped Jehoiada against Athaliah (23:1). 3. Ezra 10:28. 4. Nehemiah 12:2,12,13. 5. Nehemiah 12:40-42.