Bible Person
Meaning: given of God · Male · 2 cross references
This Jonathan entry refers to the official whose house becomes Jeremiah's place of confinement, not to Jonathan son of Saul or the warrior in David's lists. He belongs to the hostile civic environment surrounding Jerusalem's final crisis. First appears in Jer 37:15.1
AI summary: This Jonathan matters because the cross references place him at the point where Jeremiah's suffering becomes concrete through imprisonment in an established house or court setting. Even without taking center stage, his name is tied to the machinery that turns suspicion and royal fear into prophetic oppression. Taken together, the material presents this Jonathan as a background official whose house becomes part of Jeremiah's persecution.1
Central Figure
Jonathan
Meaning: given of God
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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.