Page "Jeremiah" Paragraph 15

Johanan succeeded Gedaliah, who had been assassinated by an Israelite prince in the pay of Ammon " for working with the Babylonians.

" Refusing to listen to Jeremiah's counsel, Johanan fled to Egypt, taking with him Jeremiah and Baruch, Jeremiah's faithful scribe and servant, and the king's daughters.

There, the prophet probably spent the remainder of his life, still seeking in vain to turn the people to God from whom they had so long revolted.

There is no authentic record of his death.