NETHANIAH

(Neth·a·niʹah) [Jah has given].

1. Third named of Asaph’s four sons chosen by David for musical service at the sanctuary. Of the twenty-four divisions, Nethaniah headed the fifth.—1 Chron. 25:1, 2, 12.

2. A Levite of the corps composed of priests, Levites and princes who were sent out by King Jehoshaphat in the third year of his reign to teach Jehovah’s law in the cities of Judah.—2 Chron. 17:7-9.

3. Son of Shelemiah and father of Jehudi, who read Jeremiah’s roll to King Jehoiakim in 625 B.C.E.—Jer. 36:14, 21, 23.

4. The son of Elishama and father of Ishmael the murderer of Governor Gedaliah.—2 Ki. 25:23, 25; Jer. 40:8, 14, 15; 41:1-18.