Jonathan
historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Jonathan, son of Saul · the son of Saul
spoken of as
1 expressionthe son of Saul“Jonathan”1 mention
Adversus Marcionem (Latin)
I mean that mercy which both granted to the people the son of Saul who was to die by a vow, and freed David, confessing his sins against the house of Uriah, by pardon, and so often restored Israel itself as often as it judged, so often washed it as often as it rebuked.
in the texts
Adversus Marcionem
Son of Saul, cited as an example of pardon obtained by entreaty.
that Jonathan, son of Saul, by entreaty blotted out the fault of an unsealed fast.
I mean that mercy which both granted to the people the son of Saul who was to die by a vow, and freed David, confessing his sins against the house of Uriah, by pardon, and so often restored Israel itself as often as it judged, so often washed it as often as it rebuked.
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
Biblical figure identified as Mephibosheth's father and as the friend and protector of David.
nor hath the murder and confiscation of the possessions of Mephibosheth, the grandson of Saul, and son of Jonathan, the friend and protector of David, the least affinity with the will of this lady.
De ieiunio adversus psychicos
Son of Saul who inadvertently breaks his father's fasting edict and is nearly punished for it.
And God granted so great an authority to the edict of that Station, that Jonathan, son of Saul, though ignorant of the fast appointed till evening, had admitted a taste of honey, and was soon by lot convicted of the transgression, and scarcely by the people's prayer rescued from peril.