1. Grandfather of King Jehoiachin. His daughter, Jehoiachin’s mother, was Nehushta (2 Kgs 24:8).→ View encyclopedia entry
2, 3, 4. Three Jewish leaders whom Ezra sent to Iddo at Casiphia to obtain Levites and temple servants for the caravan of Jews returning to Palestine from Babylonia (Ezr 8:16).
5. Acbor’s son, who was ordered by King Jehoiakim to bring back Uriah from Egypt to be executed for prophesying against the king (Jer 26:22–23). Elnathan was present with other princes when Baruch read the Lord’s words of warning written at Jeremiah’s dictation on a scroll (36:12); he tried unsuccessfully to prevent Jehoiakim from burning the scroll (v 25).→ View encyclopedia entry