(Je·ho·haʹnan) [Jehovah Has Shown Favor; Jehovah Has Been Gracious].

1. A Korahite gatekeeper during the reign of David; the sixth son of Meshelemiah.​—1Ch 26:1-3.

2. An army chief under King Jehoshaphat, in direct charge of 280,000 men of Judah. (2Ch 17:12, 14-16) Possibly the same as No. 3.

3. Father of the Ishmael who stood up with Jehoiada and other chiefs to depose Athaliah and  put Jehoash on Judah’s throne. (2Ch 23:1-3) Possibly the same as No. 2.

4. An Ephraimite whose son Azariah was a leader in that tribe around 760 B.C.E., when Kings Ahaz of Judah and Pekah of Israel were ruling.​—2Ch 28:1, 6, 12.

5. Head of the priestly paternal house of Amariah during the days of Joiakim the successor of High Priest Jeshua.​—Ne 12:10, 12, 13.

6. Son of Eliashib. Ezra retired to Jehohanan’s temple dining hall to mourn over the unfaithfulness of the people.​—Ezr 10:6.

7. One of four sons of Bebai who dismissed their foreign wives and sons in Ezra’s day.​—Ezr 10:28, 44.

8. Son of Nehemiah’s antagonist Tobiah the Ammonite. Jehohanan married an Israelite girl.​—Ne 6:17-19.

9. A priest positioned at the temple during the inauguration of Jerusalem’s rebuilt wall.​—Ne 12:40-42.