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. ) 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). ) 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