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(Heb. Yehonathan', éְäåֹðָúָï , Jehovah given; Sept. É᾿ùíÜèáí ), the full form of the name of four men.
1. The oldest son of king Saul (1Sa_14:6; 1Sa_14:8; 1Sa_14:21; 1Sa_18:1; 1Sa_18:3-4; 1Sa_19:2; 1Sa_19:4; 1Sa_19:6-7; 1 Samuel 20 throughout and all later passages except 1Ch_10:2, in all which the A.V. has JONATHAN SEE JONATHAN [q.v.], as the Hebrew likewise elsewhere has).
2. Son of Uzziah and superintendent of certain of king David's storehouses ( àֹöָøåֹú , the word rendered “treasures” earlier in the verse and in 27, 28 “cellars”) (1Ch_27:25). B.C. 1014.
3. One of the Levites who were sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah, with a book of the Law, to teach the people (2Ch_17:8). B.C. 910.
4. A priest (Neh_12:18), and the representative of the family of Shemaiah (Neh_12:6) when Joiakim was high priest — that is, in the next generation after the return from Babylon under Zerubbabel and Jeshua. B.C. post 536.