Elnathan, a chief living during the time of exile and return, is first mentioned in Ezra 8:16.
About Elnathan (Ezra 8:16a)
1. Grandfather of King Jehoiachin. His daughter, Jehoiachin’s mother, was Nehushta (2 Kgs 24:8).
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).
Key References
Ezra 8:16
Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.
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Ezra (1)
Ezra 8:16
Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.