Difference between revisions of "Jonadab"

<p> '''1.''' Shimeah's son, David's nephew; "very subtle," worming out the secrets of the heir apparent, [[Amnon]] his cousin, to gain favor. Pretending "friendship," he insinuated that a "king's son" ought to gratify his passions without scruple, and not make himself lean by restraining them; and gave the hellish advice whereby that wicked prince incestuously forced his half sister Tamar. Then, when [[Absalom]] had in revenge killed Amnon, and the king was heartbroken at the exaggerated story that all the king's sons were slain, [[Jonadab]] practiced the same sycophancy to David; not a word does he breathe of his own abominable share in the matter; no sorrow has he for Amnon whose professed "friend" he was, but whose ruin he hurried; "by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar"; "Amnon only is dead, Amnon only is dead"; "let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart" (2 Samuel 13). Evil communication is fatal; the friendship of the wicked is hollow, for it is based on selfishness (&nbsp;Psalms 12:2; &nbsp;Psalms 141:4-5), and when regard for self comes in collision with regard for a friend, the latter will be set aside for the former; see &nbsp;1 Kings 22:30; &nbsp;1 Kings 22:32. </p> <p> '''2.''' (See [[Jehonadab]] .) </p>

<p> '''Jon'adab.''' ''(Whom [[Jehovah]] Impels).'' </p> <p> 1. Son of [[Shimeah]] and nephew of David. (B.C. 1033). He is described as "very subtle." &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:3. His age naturally made him, the friend of his cousin, Amnon, heir to the throne. &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:3. He gave him the fatal advice, for ensnaring his sister, Tamar. &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:5-6. Again, when, in a later stage of the same tragedy, Amnon was murdered by Absalom, and the exaggerated report reached David, that all the princes were slaughtered, Jonadab was already aware of the real state of the case. &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:32-33. </p> <p> 2. &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:6; &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:8; &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:10; &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:14; &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:16; &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:18-19. ''See '' [[Jehonadab]] ''.'' </p>

<p> 1. A SON OF Shimeah, the cunning and unprincipled nephew of David, and friend of Amnon, &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:3-5 . Yet he seems to have been long aware of the purpose of Absalom to avenge his sister's dishonor upon Amnon, and very coolly excused the assassination of his friend, &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:32-35 . </p> <p> 2. A son of Rechab, a Kenite, descended from [[Hobab]] the brother of Moses. He was at the head of the Rechabites in the time of Jehu, and seems to have given them a command to abstain from wine, &nbsp;2 Kings 10:15 &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 2:55 &nbsp; Jeremiah 35:6-10 . See [[Rechabites]] . </p>

<p> [[Jonadab]] ( ''Jŏ'' ''N'A-Dăb'' ), ''Whom Jehovah Impels.'' 1. The son of Shimeah, and nephew of David. "He seems to have been one of those characters who, in the midst of great or royal families, pride themselves and are renowned for being acquainted with the secrets of the whole circle in which they move." ''—Stanley.'' He advised the outrage of Tamar. &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:3 to &nbsp;2 Samuel 5:2. The form, oft-repeated, in &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:1-19 for [[Jehonadab]] , which see. </p>

<li> The son of Shimeah, David's brother (&nbsp;2 Samuel 13:3 ). He was "a very subtil man." <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton [[M.A., DD]]  Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jonadab'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/jonadab.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

&nbsp;2 Samuel 13:1&nbsp;2 Samuel 13:32-33&nbsp;2&nbsp;Jeremiah 35:1Jehonadab

<p> a shortened form of the name Jehonadab, for which it is used indifferently in the [[Hebrew]] as applied to either of two men in certain passages; but these have not been accurately represented in the A.V. which applies the briefer form indeed to either, but the full form to but one in three of these passages. (See Jehonadab). </p> <p> '''1.''' The son of Shimeah and nephew of David (A.V. correctly in &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:3 twice, 32, 35; incorrectly in &nbsp;2 Samuel 13:5, where the Hebrew has Jehonadab). </p> <p> '''2.''' The [[Rechabite]] (&nbsp;Jeremiah 35:6; &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:10; &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:19; incorrectly in &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:8; &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:14; &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:16; &nbsp;Jeremiah 35:18). </p>