El'nathan or Elna'than. (God hath given).

1. The maternal grandfather of Jehoiachin, 2 Kings 24:8, the same with Elnathan, the son of Achbor. Jeremiah 26:22; Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:25.

2. The name of three persons, apparently Levites, in the time of Ezra. Ezra 8:16.