People of the Bible
Johanan
Family
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
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 Gedaliah of the plans of Ishmael against him, a warning which was unheeded (Jer. 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.”
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 15 verses
- 2 Kings
- 25:23
- Jeremiah
- 40:8, 40:13, 40:15, 40:16, 41:11, 41:13, 41:14, 41:15, 41:16, 42:1, 42:8, 43:2, 43:4, 43:5
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.