Michael Matthew Groat PhD's Genealogical Database
Individuals: 97,713 Families: 61,838
Gedcom Last Modified: December 14, 2025 00:59:10
Jonathan ben Saul
- Preferred Name: Jonathan ben Saul[1] [2]
- Alternate Name: Jonatan
- Alternate Name: Ионафан бен Саул
- Gender: M
- MilitaryService: victorious at Geba - a Philistine stronghold
- Death: 1010 BC in Mount Gilboa,Jazreel Valley,Israel at LATI: N1.5 LONG: E4.75
- MilitaryService: Died with his father in the battle of Mount Gilboa on the Plains of Esdraelon1010 BC
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Prince of the United Kingdom of Israel
- FSID: LW1M-4DN
- Burial: 1010 BC in Zelah, Judea at LATI: N1.75 LONG: E5
- Tribe Name: with note: Description: Benjamin
- Birth: ABT 1060 BC
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Jonathan (Hebrew: יְהוֹנָתָן Yəhōnāṯān or יוֹנָתָן Yōnāṯān; "Yahweh has gifted") is a heroic figure in 1 Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. A prince of the United Kingdom of Israel, he was the eldest son of King Saul as well as a close friend of David, who eventually succeeded Saul as king.
Like his father, he was a man of great strength and swiftness (2 Samuel 1:23), and he excelled in archery (1 Samuel 20:20, 2 Samuel 1:22) and slinging (1 Chronicles 12:2).
Jonathan first appears in the biblical narrative as the victor of Geba, a Philistine stronghold (1 Samuel 13), while in the following chapter he carries out a lone and secret attack on another Philistine garrison, demonstrating his "prowess and courage as a warrior." However, he eats honey without knowing that his father had said, "Cursed be any man who eats food before evening comes" (1 Samuel 14:24). When he learns of his father's oath, Jonathan disagrees with the wisdom of it, as it requires the soldiers to pursue the enemy although weak from fasting. Saul decides to put Jonathan to death for breaking the ban, but relents when the soldiers protest (1 Samuel 14:45).
The story of David and Jonathan is introduced in chapter 18, where it says that "Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself" (verse 1). The feeling is expressed before the men exchanged a single word, and some scholars have proposed that what Jonathan felt can be described as love at first sight. Others describe it as philia or loving friendship – a type of love is still prevalent among soldiers on the battlefield today, also known as comradery, or in a lesser form as "love for a common interest". Jonathan's feelings are perhaps provoked by David's compliance with order. This is expressed when Jonathan denies his father's order to have David killed.
Saul suspects that Jonathan is colluding with David, who he believes is conspiring to overthrow him. Saul insults Jonathan calling him the "... son of a perverse and rebellious woman!" in 1 Samuel 20:30. Saul even goes so far as to attempt to kill Jonathan by throwing a javelin at him during a fit of paranoid rage. But, before this event happened, all Jonathan did was ask his father what did David do to him so that he would be put to death? (1 Sam. 20:32-33), which suggests David had never wronged Saul.
The last meeting between Jonathan and David would take place in a forest of Ziph at Horesh, during Saul's pursuit of David. There, the two would make a covenant before the Lord before going their separate ways
Jonathan died at the battle of Mount Gilboa along with his father and brothers (1 Samuel 31). His bones were buried first at Jabesh-gilead, (1 Samuel 31:13) but were later removed with those of his father and moved to Zelah. Jonathan was the father of Mephibosheth, to whom David showed special kindness for Jonathan's sake (2 Samuel 9).
138 Generations from Adam to Mary 384994 Item 3 pg 55, Adam to Christ 1059467 Item 1 tab 28, I Sam. 14: 49, II Sam. 4: 4,I Chr. 8: 33, 34, Inspired Version of Bible I Sam. 14: 49, II Sam. 4: 4, I Chr. 8: 33, 34
=== 1 царств 9.1 1 паралименон 8.28-38 ===
1 царств 9.1 1 паралименон 8.28-38
Preferred Parents:
Father: Saul ben Kish 1st King of Israel, b. ABT 1075 BC in Gibeah, Canaan d. 1009 BC in Monte Gilboa, Galilea, Israel
Mother: Ahinoam bat Ahimaaz, b. ABT 1075 BC in Jezreel, Issachar, Israel d. in Jerusalem, Judah, Israel
Family 1: A ,
- Mephibosheth ben Jonathon ha-Matri, b. 1014 BC
Sources:
- Title: Hebrew Bible
Author: https://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/Hebrew_Index.htm
Publication: Name: https://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/Hebrew_Index.htm;
Note: http://mylanguages.org/hebrew_romanization.php
https://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/OTpdf/1ch3.pdf
Page: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/1-sam/31?lang=eng
- Title: King James version of Bible
Author: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures?lang=eng
Publication: Name: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures?lang=eng;
Page: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/1-sam/31?lang=eng
Master Index
| Pedigree Chart
| Descendency Chart
Please send genealogical corrections, additions, or comments to Michael Matthew Groat PhD
Created by GIMMWebService Version 1.0.3 (Program Information), Copyright 2023 © Michael Groat
(Web design layout and pedigree indentation subroutine) Copyright 1996 © Randy Winch (gumby@edge.net) and Tim Doyle (tdoyle@doit.com)
(Internal GEDCOM data structures and GEDCOM file parsing) Copyright 2014-2021 © Giulio Genovese (giulio.genovese@gmail.com)
Like the program that you see? Any support is appreciated!
