Bible Person

Kareah

Meaning: bald; ice · Male · 14 cross references

Kareah is remembered chiefly as the father of Johanan and Jonathan, military leaders active in the remnant community after Jerusalem's destruction. His own narrative role is small, but his family remains visible in Judah's final political struggles in the land. First appears in 2 Kgs 25:23.1

AI summary: Kareah matters because the cross references keep his name attached to the commanders trying to navigate the dangerous aftermath of Babylon's conquest. Through Johanan and Jonathan, he is linked to loyalty toward Gedaliah, warning against Ishmael's plot, and the turbulent decisions of the surviving remnant. That repeated identification suggests a family of standing in a period when such loyalties still mattered. Taken together, the material presents Kareah as a minor ancestral figure embedded in the last fragile attempts at Judean leadership.1

Central Figure

Kareah

Meaning: bald; ice

Bald, the father of Johanan and Jonathan, who for a time were loyal to Gedaliah, the Babylonian governor of Jerusalem (Jer.