A secretary during King Zedekiah's time who imprisoned the prophet Jeremiah in his house, mentioned in Jeremiah 37:15.
About Jonathan (Jeremiah 37:15)
The secretary whose house held Jeremiah as a prisoner during King Zedekiah's rule in Judah (Jeremiah 37:15, 20; 38:26).
Key References
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.
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.”
then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
All Scripture References (3)
Jeremiah (3)
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.
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.”
then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”