Person Old Testament
Jonathan
One of the descendants of Judah, Jonathan was the son of Jada. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at 1 Chronicles 2:32.
Why it matters. Son of Jada, descendant of Judah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jonathan
Jonathan was a descendant of Judah, the son of Jada and brother of Jether. He is mentioned in the genealogies of Judah recorded in 1Ch.2.32-33. No other details are provided about his life. His mention helps trace Judah's descendants down to the time period after the return from Babylonian exile when Chronicles was likely written.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.