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Jonadab

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Jonadab (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. 2 Samuel 13:3 to 2 Samuel 5:2. The form, oft-repeated, in Jeremiah 35:1-19 for Jehonadab, which see.

Bibliography Information
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Jonadab'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​j/jonadab.html. 1893.