gift of the Lord; gift of a dove
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
JEHONATHAN.A more exact rendering of the name usually represented in English as Jonathan. In RV [Note: Revised Version.] this form occurs twice. 1. 2Ch_17:8 one of the Levites sent out by Jehoshaphat with the Book of the Law to teach the people in the cities of Judah. 2. Neh_12:18 the head of the priestly family of Shemaiah in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. 1Ch_27:25.
2. 2Ch_17:8-9.
3. Neh_12:6; Neh_12:18.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Jehon'athan. (whom Jehovah gave).
1. Son of Uzziah; superintendent of certain of King David's storehouses. 1Ch_27:25. (B.C. 1014).
2. One of the Levites, who were sent by Jehoshaphat, through the cities of Judah, with a book of the law, to teach the people. 2Ch_17:8. (B.C. 910).
3. A priest, Neh_12:18, the representative of the family of Shemaiah, Neh_12:6, when Joiakim was high priest. (B.C. after 536).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
jē̇-hon?a-than (יהונתן, yehōnāthān, ?Yahweh has given?): The name is the same as Jonathan: the Hebrew has the two forms for the same person sometimes; sometimes only one is found. See JONATHAN. The form ?Jehonathan? occurs as follows in English Versions of the Bible:
(1) A Levite who took part in teaching the Torah in the cities of Judah under Jehoshaphat (2Ch_17:8 English Versions of the Bible and Hebrew).
(2) Head of the priestly family of Shemaiah (Neh_12:18 English Versions of the Bible and Hebrew).
(3) The King James Version and Hebrew in 1Ch_27:25; see JONATHAN, (7).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Jehonathan
(Heb. Yehonathan', יְהוֹנָתָן, Jehovah given; Sept. Ι᾿ωνάθαν), the full form of the name of four men.
1. The oldest son of king Saul (1Sa_14:6; 1Sa_14:8; 1Sa_14:21; 1Sa_18:1; 1Sa_18:3-4; 1Sa_19:2; 1Sa_19:4; 1Sa_19:6-7; 1 Samuel 20 throughout and all later passages except 1Ch_10:2, in all which the A.V. has JONATHAN SEE JONATHAN [q.v.], as the Hebrew likewise elsewhere has).
2. Son of Uzziah and superintendent of certain of king David's storehouses (אֹצָרוֹת, the word rendered treasures earlier in the verse and in 27, 28 cellars) (1Ch_27:25). B.C. 1014.
3. One of the Levites who were sent by Jehoshaphat through the cities of Judah, with a book of the Law, to teach the people (2Ch_17:8). B.C. 910.
4. A priest (Neh_12:18), and the representative of the family of Shemaiah (Neh_12:6) when Joiakim was high priest that is, in the next generation after the return from Babylon under Zerubbabel and Jeshua. B.C. post 536.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.