Jehohanan
1. Korahite Levite who was a gatekeeper of the sanctuary during David’s reign (1 Chr 26:3).
2. Commander of thousands in King Jehoshaphat’s army (2 Chr 17:15).
3. Father of Ishmael, commander of a unit of soldiers who helped the priest Jehoiada overthrow the wicked queen Athaliah of Judah (2 Chr 23:1).
4. Eliashib’s descendant who owned a chamber into which Ezra retired to pray, fast, and mourn for his people (Ezr 10:6). He is possibly the same as Johanan, a grandson of Eliashib the high priest (Neh 12:22–23, nlt), and Jonathan (a textual variant), Joiada’s son, in Nehemiah 12:11.
5. One of Bebai’s four sons, who was exhorted by Ezra to divorce his foreign wife (Ezr 10:28).
6. Son of the Ammonite official Tobiah and a contemporary of Nehemiah. He married a Jewish woman whose father, Meshullam, had helped repair the Jerusalem wall (Neh 6:18; kjv “Johanan”).
7. Priest and family leader in postexilic Jerusalem during the time Joiakim was high priest (Neh 12:13).
8. One of the priests who participated as a singer in the dedication of the rebuilt Jerusalem wall (Neh 12:42).
People and places
Jehohanan: Levite gatekeeper during the reign of David Jehohanan: Military commander under King Jehoshaphat of Judah Jehohanan: Father of Ishmael, a military leader under Jehoiada Jehohanan: Israelite who married a foreign woman during the Exile Jehohanan: Son of Eliashib, a priest during Ezra's time Jehohanan: Head of a priestly family during the high priesthood of Joiakim Jehohanan: Priest during the dedication of Jerusalem's walls Jehohanan: Father-in-law of Tobiah, an opponent of Nehemiah