Bible Person
Meaning: given of God · Male · 1 cross reference
This Jonathan entry refers to the Levite associated with the shrine at Dan in Judges 18:30, not to the post-exilic priests, the returnee family figures, or David's friend of the same name elsewhere in Scripture. He belongs to one of the darkest episodes of compromised worship in Israel's early tribal period. First appears in Judg 18:30.1
AI summary: This Jonathan matters because his single cross reference preserves the priestly line attached to the idolatrous shrine at Dan. The entry shows how easily sacred office could be bent to serve distorted worship when Israel lacked faithfulness and stable godly leadership. Taken together, the material presents this Jonathan as a Levite linked to a lasting failure in Israel's worship life.1
Central Figure
Jonathan
Meaning: given of God
A Levite descended from Gershom (Judg.
A Levite descended from Gershom (Judg. 18:30). His history is recorded in 17:7-13 and 18:30. The Rabbins changed this name into Manasseh “to screen the memory of the great lawgiver from the stain of having so unworthy an apostate among his near descendants.” He became priest of the idol image at Dan, and this office continued in his family till the Captivity. 3
| Book | Cross-References |
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.