Bible Person

Jonathan

Meaning: given of God · Male · 1 cross reference

This Jonathan entry refers to one of the men opposing the proposed assembly process in Ezra 10:15, not to the priestly heads or the Levite at Dan. He belongs to the tense public setting in which the restored community works through covenant reform. First appears in Ezra 10:15.1

AI summary: This Jonathan matters because his single cross reference places him among those who resist or question the method used to address unlawful marriages. The entry helps show that post-exilic reform was not frictionless but involved real disagreement within the community. Taken together, the material presents this Jonathan as a dissenting figure in Ezra's reform context.1

Central Figure

Jonathan

Meaning: given of God