Jonadab: meaning of the name

Jonadab in Hebrew and Greek

People named Jonadab in the Bible

• Jonadab, son of Rechab

  9 verses · first mentioned in 2 Kings 10:15

• Jonadab, son of Shammah

  7 verses · first mentioned in 2 Samuel 13:3 · Tribe of Judah

Jonadab in Scripture

“Jonadab” appears in 11 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• 2 Samuel 13:3

  But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

• 2 Samuel 13:5

  And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.

• 2 Samuel 13:32

  And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

• 2 Samuel 13:35

  And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king’s sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.

• Jeremiah 35:6

  But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

• Jeremiah 35:8

  Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

• Jeremiah 35:10

  But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

• Jeremiah 35:14

  The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father’s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me.