Person Old Testament
Jonathan
Jonathan was the head of the priestly family of Malluchi during the high priesthood of Joiakim. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Nehemiah 12:14.
Why it matters. Head of priestly family of Malluchi
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Jonathan
In Neh.12.14, Jonathan is listed as the head of the priestly family of Malluchi (or Malluch) during the days of Joiakim the high priest. This was in the post-exilic period after the return from Babylon, likely in the late 5th century BC. The priests were organized into groupings called families, with a head over each family. Nehemiah 12 records the heads of priestly families in the generations after the first exiles returned under Jeshua the high priest (Neh.12.1-7) and then in the time of the high priest Joiakim (Neh.12.12-21).
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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Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Nehemiah (1 verse)