Easton's Bible Dictionary Whom Jehovah graciously bestows. (1.) One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in the desert of Judah (1 Chronicles 12:12). (2.) The oldest of King Josiah's sons (1 Chronicles 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; Jeremiah 40:8). He warned Gedaliah of the plans of Ishmael against him, a warning which was unheeded (Jeremiah 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." Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia JOHANAN 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 B.C. (2 Kings 25:23 Jeremiah 40:7-43:7). He warned Gedaliah of the plot of Ishmael ben Nethaniah, who was instigated by the Ammonite king Baalis, to murder the governor; but the latter refused to believe him nor would he grant Johanan permission to slay Ishmael (Jeremiah 40:8-16). After Ishmael had murdered Gedaliah and also 70 northern pilgrims, Johanan went in pursuit. He was joined by the unwilling followers of Ishmael, but the murderer escaped. Thereupon Johanan settled at Geruth-Chimham near Bethlehem (Jeremiah 41). As Ishmael's plan was to take the remnant to the land of Ammon, so that of Johanan and his fellow-chiefs was to go to Egypt. They consulted the Divine oracle through Jeremiah, and received the answer that they should remain in Judah (Jeremiah 42). But the prophet was accused of giving false counsel and of being influenced by Baruch. The chiefs then resolved to go to Egypt, and forced Jeremiah and Baruch to accompany them (Jeremiah 43). (2) The eldest son of King Josiah (1 Chronicles 3:15), apparently = "Jehoahaz" (2 Kings 23:30-33). (3) Son of Elioenai, and a Davidic post-exilic prince (1 Chronicles 3:24). (4) Father of the Azariah who was priest in Solomon's time (1 Chronicles 6:9, 10; (Hebrew 5:35, 36)). (5) A Benjamite recruit of David at Ziklag, but perhaps a Judean (1 Chronicles 12:4 (Hebrew 5)). (6) A Gadite recruit of David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:12 (Hebrew 13)). (7) Hebrew has "Jehohanan," an Ephraimite chief (2 Chronicles 28:12). (8) A returned exile (Ezra 8:12) = "Joannes" (1 Esdras 8:38, the King James Version "Johannes"). (9) Nehemiah 12:22, 23 = JEHOHANAN, (3). David Francis Roberts

Multi-Version Concordance Johanan (31 Occurrences) Luke 3:27 son of Johanan, son of Resa, son of Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, son of Neri, (WEY) 2 Kings 25:23 Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 3:15 The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 3:24 The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 6:9 and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 6:10 and Johanan became the father of Azariah, (he it is who executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem), (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 12:4 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite, (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 26:3 Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. (DBY NAS) 2 Chronicles 17:15 and next to him was Johanan the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand; (DBY NAS) 2 Chronicles 23:1 In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. (See NAS) 2 Chronicles 28:12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those who came from the war, (WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS) Ezra 8:12 Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Ezra 10:6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. (KJV WBS) Nehemiah 6:18 For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. (KJV DBY WBS) Nehemiah 12:22 As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, there were recorded the heads of fathers' houses; also the priests, in the reign of Darius the Persian. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Nehemiah 12:23 The sons of Levi, heads of fathers' houses, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 40:8 then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, to wit, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 40:13 Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 40:15 Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish? (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 40:16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 41:11 But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 41:13 Now it happened that, when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, then they were glad. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 41:14 So all the people who Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 41:15 But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 41:16 Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, to wit, the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon: (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 42:1 Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 42:8 Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 43:2 then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, You speak falsely: Yahweh our God has not sent you to say, You shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 43:4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, to dwell in the land of Judah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Jeremiah 43:5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, who were returned from all the nations where they had been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)