Jehohanan

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jē-hō̇-hā´nan (יהוחנן, yehōḥānān, “YHWH is (or has been) gracious” or YHWH-granted, Jeroboam II):

(1) A Korahite doorkeeper in David's reign, “son” of Meshelemiah (1 Chronicles 26:3). He was the head of one of the divisions of the temple porters. Septuagint, Luc, has “Jehonathan.”

(2) One of the five captains over King Jehoshaphat's army (2 Chronicles 17:15), probably father of Ishmael, “son of Jehohanan” (2 Chronicles 23:1).

(3) Ezra 10:6 (the King James Version has “Johnnan”) = “Johanan” of Nehemiah 12:22, Nehemiah 12:23 = “Jonathan” of Nehemiah 12:11, “son” of Eliashib (Ezra 10:6; but “grandson” in Nehemiah 12:11). He was high priest in Ezra's time = “Jonas” in 1 Esdras 9:1 (the King James VersionJoanan”).

(4) One of those who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:28) = “Joannes” the Revised Version (British and American), “Johannes” the King James Version (1 Esdras 9:29).

(5) Son of Tobiah, the Ammonite, Nehemiah's opponent and an enemy of the Jews (Nehemiah 6:18, the King James VersionJohanan”).

(6) Head of the priestly family of Amariah (Nehemiah 12:13).

(7) A priest present at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 12:42).

(8) The father of Azariah. The name in the Hebrew of 2 Chronicles 28:12. See Johanan, (7).

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