el -nā´than ( אלנתן , 'elnāthān , "God has given"): (1) The grandfather of Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:8 ). (2) A courtier of Jehoiakim; he was one of those sent to Egypt to bring back the prophet Uriah (Jeremiah 26:22 ), and one of those who heard the reading of Jeremiah's roll and entreated Jehoiakim not to burn the roll (Jeremiah 36:12 , Jeremiah 36:25 ) - possibly the same person as (1) above. (3, 4, 5) The name of two "chief men" - unless textual corruption has introduced the name at its second occurrence - and of one "teacher" sent for by Ezra from the camp at the river Ahava (Ezra 8:16 ).
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