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Kareah

father of Johanan and Jonathan

Man identified in Jeremiah and 2 Kings only as the father of the military captain Johanan, who was active after Babylon's conquest of Judah.

14 appearances2 Bible books1 known aliases

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Kareah is known from the books of and 2 Kings solely as the father of and , two military commanders who were active in after the fall of to . His sons feature prominently in the events surrounding the assassination of and the subsequent flight to Egypt. Kareah himself receives no independent narrative; he is identified only through the repeated epithet attached to his more famous son, 'Johanan son of Kareah.'

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