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Jehohanan
Smith's Bible Dictionary
or Jeho'hanan. (whom Jehovah gave). A name of which John is the contraction.
1. A Korhite Levite, one of the doorkeepers to the Tabernacle. 1 Chronicles 26:3. Compare 1 Chronicles 25:1. (B.C. 1014).
2. One of the principal men of Judah, under King Jehoshaphat. 2 Chronicles 17:15. Compare 2 Chronicles 17:13 and 2 Chronicles 17:19. (B.C. 910).
3. Father of Ishmael, one of the "captains of hundreds," whom Jehoiada, the priest, took into his confidence, about the restoration of the line of Judah. 2 Chronicles 23:1. (B.C. 910).
4. One of the Bene-Bebai, (that is, sons of Bebai), who was forced to put away his foreign wife. Ezra 10:28. (B.C. 459).
5. A priest, Nehemiah 12:13, during the high priesthood of Joiakim. Nehemiah 12:12. (B.C. 406).
6. A priest, who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem. Nehemiah 12:42. (B.C. 446).
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Jehohanan'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/j/jehohanan.html. 1901.
