Jonathan (son of Abiathar)
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Named at 2 Samuel 15:27, where the king says to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.” At 15:35–36 David says to Hushai, “Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore whatever you hear out of the king’s house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son. Send to me everything that you shall hear by them.” 2 Samuel 17:17–21 says that Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel, for they couldn’t risk being seen coming into the city; that when a boy saw them and told Absalom, they both came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and went down there; that Absalom’s servants said to the woman, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”; and that they came up out of the well and told King David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.” 1 Kings 1:41–48 says that as Joab said, “Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?”, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came, and Adonijah said, “Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news”; and that Jonathan answered Adonijah, “Most certainly our lord King David has made Solomon king”, and went on, “Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon”, and “Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.”
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- 1KI 1:41–48, engwebp
41Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?”
42While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said, “Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.”
43Jonathan answered Adonijah, “Most certainly our lord King David has made Solomon king.
44The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king’s mule.
45Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon. They have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard.
46Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.
47Moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;’ and the king bowed himself on the bed.
48Also thus said the king, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, my eyes even seeing it.’”
- 2SA 15:24–29, engwebp
24Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down God’s ark; and Abiathar went up until all the people finished passing out of the city.
25The king said to Zadok, “Carry God’s ark back into the city. If I find favor in the LORD’s eyes, he will bring me again, and show me both it and his habitation;
26but if he says, ‘I have no delight in you,’ behold, here I am. Let him do to me as seems good to him.”
27The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
28Behold, I will stay at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me.”
29Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried God’s ark to Jerusalem again; and they stayed there.
- 2SA 15:32–37, engwebp
32When David had come to the top, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his tunic torn and earth on his head.
33David said to him, “If you pass on with me, then you will be a burden to me;
34but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king. As I have been your father’s servant in time past, so I will now be your servant; then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.’
35Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore whatever you hear out of the king’s house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
36Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son. Send to me everything that you shall hear by them.”
37So Hushai, David’s friend, came into the city; and Absalom came into Jerusalem.
- 2SA 17:15–22, engwebp
15Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.
16Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”
17Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and report to them, and they went and told King David; for they couldn’t risk being seen coming into the city.
18But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down there.
19The woman took and spread the covering over the well’s mouth, and spread out crushed grain on it; and nothing was known.
20Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21After they had departed, they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.”
22Then David arose, and all the people who were with him, and they passed over the Jordan. By the morning light there lacked not one of them who had not gone over the Jordan.
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Abiathar — Father of — Jonathan (son of Abiathar)
Evidence: 1 Kings 1:41–48, 2 Samuel 15:24–29, 2 Samuel 15:32–37
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Took part in (2) — Jonathan and Ahimaaz tell King David, and David and all the people pass over the Jordan, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest tells Adonijah that King David has made Solomon king
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The king said also to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son. Send to me everything that you shall hear by them.”
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and report to them, and they went and told King David; for they couldn’t risk being seen coming into the city.
Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman said to them, “They have gone over the brook of water.” When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
While he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said, “Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news.”
Jonathan answered Adonijah, “Most certainly our lord King David has made Solomon king.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Jonathan (son of Abiathar) (person-jonathan-abiathar) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/jonathan-abiathar Current wording: Named at 2 Samuel 15:27, where the king says to Zadok the priest, “Aren’t you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.” At 15:35–36 David says to Hushai, “Don’t you have Zadok and Abiathar the priests there with you? Therefore whatever you hear out of the king’s house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok’s son, and Jonathan, Abiathar’s son. Send to me everything that you shall hear by them.” 2 Samuel 17:17–21 says that Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel, for they couldn’t risk being seen coming into the city; that when a boy saw them and told Absalom, they both came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and went down there; that Absalom’s servants said to the woman, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?”; and that they came up out of the well and told King David, “Arise and pass quickly over the water; for thus has Ahithophel counseled against you.” 1 Kings 1:41–48 says that as Joab said, “Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar?”, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came, and Adonijah said, “Come in; for you are a worthy man, and bring good news”; and that Jonathan answered Adonijah, “Most certainly our lord King David has made Solomon king”, and went on, “Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon”, and “Also, Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom.” Cited evidence: 1KI 1:41–48, engwebp / 2SA 15:24–29, engwebp / 2SA 15:32–37, engwebp / 2SA 17:15–22, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.