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 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."



 Johanan, who is liberal or merciful