Notes, starred verses and bookmarks kept while signed out last until this visit ends. Create a free account and everything you keep here moves into it, saved for good.

Create an account Sign in

People of the Bible

Jonadab

also called Jonathan · Tribe of Judah

Family

Father: Shammah

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Son of Shammah, and David’s nephew, and also one of his chief warriors (2 Sam. 21:21). He slew a giant in Gath.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 7 verses

2 Samuel: 13:3, 13:5, 13:32, 13:35, 21:21
1 Chronicles: 20:7, 27:32

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.