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<p> JOHANAN or JEHOHANAN ("Jehovah's gift".) Equates to "John". </p> <p> &nbsp;1. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:9; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:19. Highpriest in Rehoboam's reign, as his father (See &nbsp;AZARIAH was in Solomon's reign. This requires the transposition of the clause, "he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that [[Solomon]] built in Jerusalem" from &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:10 to follow Johanan's father "Azariah" in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:9. Keil objects to this, and there is probably some omission of names in the genealogy (compare &nbsp;1 Kings 4:2). </p> <p> &nbsp;2. Son of Kareah. [[Captain]] of a band, a remnant of the [[Jewish]] army, after Jerusalem's overthrow by the Chaldees. (See &nbsp;GEDALIAH ISHMAEL JEREMIAH.) [[Johanan]] consulted the prophet that Jehovah, Jeremiah's God, might show the Jewish remnant "the way wherein to walk, and the thing to do" (Jeremiah 42); imitating pious Hezekiah's request for Isaiah's intercession (&nbsp;Isaiah 37:4), "lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left." Johanan had already determined to go to [[Egypt]] whether it were God's will or not, but he wished if possible to have God's sanction (&nbsp;Jeremiah 42:20; compare &nbsp;1 Kings 22:13-14). Jeremiah reminds Johanan and his company that [[Jehovah]] is their God as well as his (wholehearted obedience is therefore their part: &nbsp;Exodus 19:5-6; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 6:19-20); and that He will pray, and whatsoever Jehovah shall answer he will declare, "keeping nothing back" (&nbsp;Acts 20:20). </p> <p> They called God to witness they would obey whatever Jehovah might command. Ten days they were kept waiting, to give them time to deliberate, that the sincerity of their professions might be tested (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 8:2). True obedience accepts God's time, as well as God's will, at all costs (contrast &nbsp;1 Samuel 13:8-14-15); the ardour of hasty professions soon cools down. While he was declaring God's will that they should stay where they were, Jeremiah saw indications, in their countenance and manner, of disinclination to fulfill what they had so solemnly engaged. Men want to have the reputation of piety, yet to retain their darling lusts. The very evils which they thought to escape by going they brought on themselves thereby, the sword and famine; they would have escaped them had they stayed, for God had promised it, and they might have been sure of His keeping His promise. </p> <p> [[Change]] of position brings no change of disposition, and evil follows sinners wherever they go (&nbsp;Ezekiel 11:8); none lose who venture on His promise. After the lesson just given in Jerusalem's overthrow, one would have thought the [[Jews]] would never more have doubted God's faithfulness to His threats as well as to His promises. But Johanan and his party charged Jeremiah with false prophecy (though their city and temple in ruins attested his truth), as if he were instigated by [[Baruch]] so as to deliver them up to the Chaldees. [[Bad]] men when resolved on a bad act never want a pretext for it. All they gained by forcing Jeremiah and Baruch to accompany them to Egypt was that Jeremiah there under the Spirit foretold their doom and that of [[Pharaoh]] upon whom they trusted instead of God. </p> <p> &nbsp;3. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:15. </p> <p> &nbsp;4. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:24. </p> <p> &nbsp;5. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:1; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:4. </p> <p> &nbsp;6. Eighth of the lion faced [[Gadite]] warriors who joined David during Jordan's overflow (when it is dangerous to cross) in the spring, the river being swollen by the melted snows of Lebanon; and put to flight all Saul's adherents among the valley dwellers eastward and westward (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:12). </p> <p> &nbsp;7. &nbsp;2 Chronicles 28:12. </p> <p> &nbsp;8. &nbsp;Ezra 8:12. </p> <p> &nbsp;9. &nbsp;Ezra 10:6; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:23. </p> <p> &nbsp;10. &nbsp;Nehemiah 8:18. </p>

<p> &nbsp;Joha'nan. &nbsp;(gift or grace of God). </p> <p> 1. Son of Azariah, and grandson of Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, and father of Azariah, &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:9-10, Authorized Version. </p> <p> 2. Son of Elioenai, the son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah, in the line of Zerubbabel's heirs. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:24. (B.C. after 406). </p> <p> 3. The son of Kaereah, and one of the captains of the scattered remnants, of the army of Judah, who escaped in the final attack, upon [[Jerusalem]] by the Chaldeans. (B.C. 588). </p> <p> After the murder of Gedaliah, Johanan was one of the foremost, in the pursuit of his assassin, and rescued the captives, he had carried off from Mizpah. &nbsp;Jeremiah 41:11-16. Fearing the vengeance of the Chaldeans, the captains, with Johanan at their head, notwithstanding, the warnings of Jeremiah, retired into Egypt. </p> <p> 4. The first-born son of Josiah, king of Judah. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:15. (B.C. 638-610). </p> <p> 5. A valiant Benjamite, who joined David at Ziklag. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:4. (B.C. 1055). </p> <p> 6. A Gadite warrior, who followed David. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:12. </p> <p> 7. The father of Azariah, an Ephraimite, in the time of Ahaz. &nbsp;2 Chronicles 28:12. </p> <p> 8. The son of Hakkatan, and chief of the Bene-Azgad, (that is, sons of Azgad), who returned with Ezra. &nbsp;Ezra 8:12. </p> <p> 9. The son of Eliashib, one of the chief Levites. &nbsp;Ezra 10:6; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:23. </p> <p> 10. The son of Tobiah, the Ammonite. &nbsp;Nehemiah 6:18. </p>

<p> 1. Son of [[Kareah]] and captain among the Jews left in the land after the destruction of Jerusalem. He warned [[Gedaliah]] of the plot against his life, and when Gedaliah was slain, and the people carried away, he was the means of rescuing them. He would not however listen to Jeremiah and remain in the land, but headed the remnant in going to Egypt, where they practised idolatry. &nbsp;2 Kings 25:23; &nbsp;Jeremiah 40:8-16; &nbsp;Jeremiah 41:11-16; &nbsp;Jeremiah 42:1-8; &nbsp;Jeremiah 43:2,4,5 . </p> <p> 2. Eldest son of [[Josiah]] kingof Judah. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:15 . </p> <p> 3. Son of Elioenai, a descendant of David. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:24 . </p> <p> &nbsp;4. Son of Azariah, a priest. &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 6:9,10 . </p> <p> 5,6. Two who resorted to David at Ziklag. &nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:4,12 . </p> <p> &nbsp;7. An Ephraimite, father of Azariah. &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 28:12 . </p> <p> 8. Son of Hakkatan: he returned from exile. &nbsp;Ezra 8:12 . </p> <p> 9. Son of Eliashib, a Levite. &nbsp;Ezra 10:6; &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:22,23 . </p> <p> &nbsp;10. Son of [[Tobiah]] the Ammonite. &nbsp;Nehemiah 6:18 . </p>

<li> Son of Careah, one of the Jewish chiefs who rallied round Gedaliah, whom [[Nebuchadnezzar]] had made governor in Jerusalem (&nbsp;2 Kings 25:23; &nbsp;Jeremiah 40:8 ). He warned Gedaliah of the plans of Ishmael against him, a warning which was unheeded (&nbsp;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." <div> <p> &nbsp;Copyright StatementThese dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated [[Bible]] Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> &nbsp;Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Johanan'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/johanan.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> Son of Careah. (&nbsp;&nbsp;2 Kings 25:23) His name is compounded of Chanan, grace; and Jah, the Lord. </p>

<p> (Heb. Yochanan', &nbsp;יוֹחָנָן, a contracted form of the name JEHOHANAN; comp. also JOHN), the name of several men. (See [[Jehohanan]]), 3, 4, 6. </p> <p> &nbsp;1. (Sept. &nbsp;Ι᾿ωνάν &nbsp;v.r. &nbsp;Ι᾿ωανάν.) The eighth of the Gadite braves who joined David's band in the fastness of the desert of [[Judah]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:12). B.C. cir. 1061. </p> <p> &nbsp;2. (&nbsp;Sept. &nbsp;Ι᾿ωανάν.) One apparently of the Benjamite slingers and archers who joined David at [[Ziklag]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:4). B.C. 1055. </p> <p> &nbsp;3. (Sept. &nbsp;Ι᾿ωανάς v.r. &nbsp;Ι᾿ωανάν, &nbsp;Ι᾿ωνάς &nbsp;.) Son of [[Azariah]] and father of Azariah, high priests (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:9-10, where perhaps an erroneous repetition of names has occurred). He is thought by some to have been the same with JEHOIADA (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 24:15). Josephus, however (&nbsp;Ant. 10, 8, 6), seems to call him JORAM, and the Seder Olam JEHOAHAZ, whom it places in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (See [[High Priest]]). </p> <p> &nbsp;4. (Sept. &nbsp;Ι᾿ωανάν &nbsp;.) The oldest son of king Josiah (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:15). He must have been born in the fifteenth year of his father's age, and he seems to have been of so feeble a constitution as not to have survived his father. B.C. cir. 635-610. (See [[Jehoahaz]]), 2. </p> <p> &nbsp;5. (Sept. &nbsp;Ι᾿ωνά, in Jeremiah &nbsp;Ι᾿ωάναν and &nbsp;Ι᾿ωάνναν &nbsp;; [[Josephus]] Graecizes the name as &nbsp;John, &nbsp;Ι᾿ωάννης, &nbsp;Ant. 10, 9, 2). The son of [[Careah]] (Kareah), and one of the Jewish chiefs who rallied around Gedaliah on his appointment as governor by the [[Chaldeans]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 25:23; &nbsp;Jeremiah 40:8). It was he that warned Gedaliah of the nefarious plans of Ishmael, and offered to destroy him in anticipation, but the unsuspecting governor refused to listen to his prudent advice (&nbsp;Jeremiah 40:13; &nbsp;Jeremiah 40:16). After Gedaliah's assassination, Johanan pursued the murderer, and rescued the people taken away by him as captives to the [[Ammonites]] (&nbsp;Jeremiah 41:8; &nbsp;Jeremiah 41:13; &nbsp;Jeremiah 41:15-16). He then applied to Jeremiah for counsel as to what course the remnant of the people should pursue, being apprehensive of severe treatment at the hands of the [[Chaldean]] authorities, as having interfered with the government (&nbsp;Jeremiah 42:1; &nbsp;Jeremiah 42:8); but, on hearing the divine injunction to remain in the land, he and his associates violated their promise of obedience, and persisted in retiring, with all their families and effects (carrying with them the prophet himself), to Tahpanes, in Egypt (&nbsp;Jeremiah 43:2; &nbsp;Jeremiah 43:4-5), where, doubtless, they were seized by the Chaldeans. B.C. 587. </p> <p> &nbsp;6. (Sept. &nbsp;Ι᾿ωάναν &nbsp;.) Son of Katan (Hakkatan), of the "sons" of Azgad, who returned with 110 males from [[Babylon]] with Ezra (&nbsp;Ezra 8:12). B.C. 459. </p> <p> &nbsp;7. (Sept. &nbsp;Ι᾿ωάναν &nbsp;.) A son of Tobiah, who named Meshullam's daughter (&nbsp;Nehemiah 6:18). B.C. 446. </p> <p> &nbsp;8. (&nbsp;Sept. &nbsp;Ι᾿ωανάν.) A chief priest, son (? grandson) of Eliashib, named as last of those whose contemporaries the [[Levites]] were recorded in "the book of the Chronicles" (&nbsp;Nehemiah 12:22-23). He appears to be the same called JEHOHANAN (in the text, but "Johanan" in the Auth. Vers.) in &nbsp;Ezra 10:6; also JONATHAN, the son of [[Joiada]] and father of Jaddua, in &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:11; comp. 22. B.C. prob. 459. </p> <p> &nbsp;9. (Sept. &nbsp;Ι᾿ωανάμ &nbsp;.) The fifth named of the seven sons of Elioenai, of the descendants of [[Zerubbabel]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:24). He is apparently the same with the NAHUM mentioned among the ancestry of Christ (&nbsp;Luke 3:25. See Strong's Harm. and Expos. of the Gosp. p. 16, 17). B.C. somewhat post 406. (See [[Genealogy]] Of Christ). </p>

<p> ''''' jṓ ''''' - ''''' hā´nan ''''' (&nbsp; יוחנן , <i> ''''' yōḥānān ''''' </i> , "Yahweh has been gracious"; &nbsp; Ἰωανάν , <i> ''''' Iōanán ''''' </i> ; compare [[Jehohanan]] ): </p> <p> (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 (&nbsp;2 Kings 25:23; Jer 40:7 through 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 (&nbsp;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]] (Jer 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 (Jer 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 (&nbsp;Jeremiah 43:1-13 ). </p> <p> (2) The eldest son of King Josiah (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:15 ), apparently = "Jehoahaz" (&nbsp;2 Kings 23:30-33 ). </p> <p> (3) Son of Elioenai, and a Davidic post-exilic prince (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 3:24 ). </p> <p> (4) Father of the Azariah who was priest in Solomon's time (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:9 , &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:10 (Hebrew 5:35, 36)). </p> <p> (5) A B enjamite recruit of David at Ziklag, but perhaps a [[Judean]] (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:4 (Hebrew 5)). </p> <p> (6) A G adite recruit of David at Ziklag (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 12:12 (Hebrew 13)). </p> <p> (7) [[Hebrew]] has "Jehohanan," an [[Ephraimite]] chief (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 28:12 ). </p> <p> (8) A returned exile (&nbsp;Ezra 8:12 ) = "Joannes" (1 [[Esdras]] 8:38, the King James Version "Johannes"). </p> <p> (9) &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:22 , &nbsp;Nehemiah 12:23 = [[Jehohanan]] , (3). </p>