JOHANAN
whom Jehovah graciously bestows. (1.) One of the Gadite heroes who joined David in the desert of Judah (1-Chr 12:12). (2.) The oldest of King Josiah's sons (1-Chr 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; Jer. 40:8). He warned Gedaliah of the plans of Ishmael against him, a warning which wa......