Jonathan (Jeremiah 37)
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Other people named Jonathan: Jonathan (son of Jada), Jonathan (son of Uzziah), Jonathan, Jonathan (son of Abiathar), Jonathan (son of Shammah), Jonathan (son of Asahel), Jonathan (Ezra 8), Jonathan (son of Gershom), Jonathan (son of Kareah), Jonathan (Nehemiah 12), Jonathan (son of Shemaiah).
| Hebrew / Greek | יְהוֹנָתָן (H3083) |
|---|---|
| Description | Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy |
| Mentioned in | 3 verses |
| First mention | Jeremiah 37:15 |
Jonathan (Jeremiah 37) is a man living at the time of the divided monarchy. He is named in 3 verses of the Bible, first in Jeremiah 37:15.
Verses
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 37:15Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
- Jeremiah 37:20Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
- Jeremiah 38:26Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
Notes
- Names, family links and verses from STEPBible's Translators Individualised Proper Names (TIPNR), STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0.
- Where several people share a name, which verses belong to which person, and the family links, follow STEPBible's identifications; some are uncertain and are marked so.