Person · one of several with this name
Jonadab
Also called Jonathan
Mentioned in 7 verses across 2 books, first in 2 Samuel 13:3. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).
In the Bible
All 7 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 13:3
Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
- 2 Samuel 13:5
Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
- 2 Samuel 13:32
But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
- 2 Samuel 13:35
So Jonadab said to the king, “Look, the sons of the king have arrived! It is just as your servant said.”
- 2 Samuel 21:21
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 20:7
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
- 1 Chronicles 27:32
David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended to the sons of the king.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
Son of Shammah, and David’s nephew, and also one of his chief warriors (2 Sam. 21:21). He slew a giant in Gath.