Elnathan

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Elnathan
     whom God has given. (1.) An inhabitant of Jerusalem, the father
     of Nehushta, who was the mother of king Jehoiachin (2 Kings
     24:8). Probably the same who tried to prevent Jehoiakim from
     burning the roll of Jeremiah's prophecies (Jer. 26:22; 36:12).
     (2.) Ezra 8:16.


     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Elnathan, God hath given; the gift of God