Person Old Testament
Jonathan
Jonathan, of the descendants of Adaiah, was among those who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian exile. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 8:6.
Why it matters. Descendant of Adaiah who returned from exile
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jonathan
Jonathan was one of the descendants of Adaiah who returned to Jerusalem and Judah from Babylonian exile, as recorded in Ezr.8.6. He was part of the group that traveled with Ezra the scribe back to Jerusalem during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, probably around 458 BC. The returning exiles sought to re-establish Jewish life and worship in the homeland after the Babylonian captivity.
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
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Ezra (1 verse)