King James Bible Dictionary

{Jonathan} the name of ten Israelites

Jonathan or Jehonathan = "Jehovah has given"

1. a son of king Saul and a friend of David

2. a son of the high priest Abiathar and the last descendant of Eli of whom we hear

3. one of David's mighty warriors

4. a Levite and father of Zechariah, a priest who blew the trumpet at the dedication of the wall

5. a son of Kareah and a brother of Johanan; a Judaite captain after the fall of Jerusalem

6. another Judaite

7. father of Ebed in the time of Ezra

8. son of Asahel in the time of Ezra

9. a priest of the family of Melicu in the time of Nehemiah

10. son of Joiada and his successor to the high priesthood in the time of Nehemiah