This name belongs to 9 different people in the Bible:
- Jehonathan: Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law
- Jehonathan: Head of a priestly family during the high priesthood of Joiakim
- Jonadab: Nephew of David, friend and advisor to Amnon
- Jonathan: One of King David's officials
- Jonathan: Eldest son of King Saul and friend of David
- Jonathan: Son of Abiathar the priest during David's reign
- Jonathan: Son of Shammah the Hararite, one of David's mighty men
- Jonathan: A Levite who served as a priest for Dan
- Jonathan: Scribe with a house used as prison
Definition
from H3068 and H5414; Jehovah-given; Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites
Traditional renderings: Jonathan. Compare H3129.
Traditional renderings: Jonathan. Compare H3129.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
82 total
- 2 Samuel 1:23וִיהוֹנָתָ֗ן · and JonathanSaul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
- 2 Samuel 1:25יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן · JonathanHow the mighty have fallen in the thick of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.
- 2 Samuel 1:26יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן · JonathanI grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
- 2 Samuel 4:4 (2×)וְלִיהֽוֹנָתָן֙ · And Jonathan; וִיהֽוֹנָתָ֜ן · and JonathanAnd Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was hurrying to escape, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
- 2 Samuel 9:1יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃ · of JonathanThen David asked, “Is there anyone left from the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for the sake of Jonathan?”
- 2 Samuel 9:3לִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן · Jonathan’sSo the king asked, “Is there anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”
- 2 Samuel 9:6יְהוֹנָתָ֤ן · of JonathanAnd when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
- 2 Samuel 9:7יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן · Jonathan“Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
- 2 Samuel 15:27וִיהוֹנָתָ֧ן · JonathanThe king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
- 2 Samuel 15:36וִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן · and JonathanIndeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”
- 2 Samuel 17:17וִיהוֹנָתָ֨ן · Now JonathanNow Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
- 2 Samuel 17:20וִיה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן · and JonathanWhen Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 21:7 (2×)יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן · of Jonathan; יְהוֹנָתָ֥ן · JonathanNow the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.
- 2 Samuel 21:12יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן · Jonathan…he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
- 2 Samuel 21:13יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן · JonathanSo David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, and they also gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.
- 2 Samuel 21:14וִיהוֹנָֽתָן־ · JonathanAnd they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
- 2 Samuel 21:21יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן · Jonathan…and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
- 2 Samuel 23:32יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃ס · JonathanEliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan
- 1 Chronicles 8:33יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙ · JonathanNer was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
- 1 Chronicles 8:34יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן · of JonathanThe son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
- 1 Chronicles 9:39יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙ · JonathanNer was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
- 1 Chronicles 9:40יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן · of JonathanThe son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.
- 1 Chronicles 20:7יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן · Jonathan…and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
- 1 Chronicles 27:25יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן · JonathanAzmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the fortresses.
- 1 Chronicles 27:32וִֽיהוֹנָתָ֤ן · JonathanDavid’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended to the sons of the king.
- 2 Chronicles 17:8וִֽיהוֹנָתָן֩ · Jehonathan…accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
- Nehemiah 12:18יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃ · Jonathan…of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;
- Jeremiah 37:15יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן · of JonathanThe officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
- Jeremiah 37:20יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן · of JonathanBut now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
- Jeremiah 38:26יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן · of Jonathan…then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”