Jehonathan:
gift of the Lord; gift of a dove
Jehonathan:
je-hon'-a-than (yehonathan, "Yahweh has given"): The name is the same as Jonathan: the Hebrew has the two forms for the same person sometimes; sometimes only one is found. See JONATHAN. The form "Jehonathan" occurs as follows in English Versions of the Bible:
(1) A Levite who took part in teaching the Torah in the cities of Judah under Jehoshaphat (2Ch 17:8 English Versions of the Bible and Hebrew).
(2) Head of the priestly family of Shemaiah (Ne 12:18 English Versions of the Bible and Hebrew).
(3) the King James Version and Hebrew in 1Ch 27:25;
See JONATHAN
Jehonathan:
(whom Jehovah gave).
(1.) Son of Uzziah; superintendent of certain of King David's storehouses (1 Chronicles 27:25). (B.C. 1014)
(2.) One of the Levites who were sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah, with a book of the law, to teach the people (2 Chronicles 17:8). (B.C. 910)
(3.) A priest (Nehemiah 12:18) the representative of the family of Shemaiah, verse 6, when Joiakim was high priest. (B.C. after 536)
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