Dictionary entry

ELNATHAN, OR ELNATHAN

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(God hath given).

  1. The maternal grandfather of Jehoiachin, (2 Kings 24:8) the same with Elnathan the son of Achbor. (Jeremiah 26:22; 36:12,25)
  2. The name of three persons, apparently Levites, in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 8:16)