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Elnathan, Or Elnathan

Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)

(God hath given).

• The maternal grandfather of Jehoiachin, (2 Kings 24:8) the same with Elnathan the son of Achbor. (Jeremiah 26:22; 36:12,25)

• The name of three persons, apparently Levites, in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 8:16)

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Whom God has given. (1.) An inhabitant of Jerusalem, the father of Nehushta, who was the mother of king Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:8). Probably the same who tried to prevent Jehoiakim from burning the roll of Jeremiah’s prophecies (Jer. 26:22; 36:12). (2.) Ezra 8:16.

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