Elnathan

Meaning: whom God has given

  1. An inhabitant of Jerusalem, the father of Nehushta, who was the mother of king Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:8). Probably the same who tried to prevent Jehoiakim from burning the roll of Jeremiah’s prophecies (Jeremiah 26:22; 36:12).

  2. Ezra 8:16.