Bible Person

Jonathan

Meaning: given of God · Male · 2 cross references

This Jonathan entry refers to the Judahite family figure in Chronicles, brother of Jether and father of Peleth and Zaza, not to the warrior or the better-known Jonathans elsewhere. He belongs to the household texture of Judah's genealogies. First appears in 1 Chr 2:32.1

AI summary: This Jonathan matters because the cross references place him within a compact Judahite family line where the preservation of descent through named sons is the main value. Even without a narrative scene, such entries enrich the social memory of the tribe by preserving actual household branching. Taken together, the material presents this Jonathan as a Judahite ancestral figure whose place supports the continuity of tribal memory.1