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[some El'nathan] (Hebrews Enlzathan', àֶìְðָúָï , whom God has given; compare John, Theodore, Diodati), the name of four leading men. 1. An inhabitant of Jerusalem, father of Nehushta, the mother of king Jehoiachin (2Ki_24:8. Sept. Å᾿ëíáóèÜí v.r. Å᾿ëëáíáóèÜí ). B.C. ante 598. He was perhaps the same with the son of Achbor, sent by Jehoiakim to bring the prophet Urijah out of Egypt (Jer_26:22, Sept. Å᾿ëäáèÜí ), and in whose presence the roll of Jeremiah was read, for the preservation of which he interceded with the king (Jer_36:12; Jer_36:25, Sept. ÍáèÜí v.r. É᾿ùíáèÜí ). B.C. 605.
2, 3, 4, (Sept. Å᾿ëíáèÜì , ÍáèÜí , and Å᾿ëíáèÜí respectively). Three of the Israelites, of established prudence and integrity, sent by Ezra to invite the priests and Levites to accompany him to Jerusalem (Ezr_8:16). B.C. 459.