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el-nā´than (××œ× ×ª×Ÿ, 'elnaÌ„thaÌ„n, “God has givenâ€):
(1) The grandfather of Jehoiachin ().
(2) A courtier of Jehoiakim; he was one of those sent to Egypt to bring back the prophet Uriah (), and one of those who heard the reading of Jeremiah's roll and entreated Jehoiakim not to burn the roll (, ) - possibly the same person as (1) above.
(3, 4, 5) The name of two “chief men†- unless textual corruption has introduced the name at its second occurrence - and of one “teacher†sent for by Ezra from the camp at the river Ahava ().