Bible Dictionary

Elnathan

Whom God has given. (1.) An inhabitant of Jerusalem, the father of Nehushta, who was the mother of king Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:8). Probably the same who tried to prevent Jehoiakim from burning the ro…

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Whom God has given. (1.) An inhabitant of Jerusalem, the father of Nehushta, who was the mother of king Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:8). Probably the same who tried to prevent Jehoiakim from burning the roll of Jeremiah’s prophecies (Jer. 26:22; 36:12). (2.) Ezra 8:16.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

EL'NATHAN (whom God hath given). 1. The maternal grandfather of Jehoiachin. 2 Kgs 24:8. 2, 3, 4. Three persons in Ezra's time. Ezr 8:16.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

God hath given; the gift of God