Jonathan is a figure appearing in the account of Micah's Idol

Micah's Idol

The narrative of Micah's Idol, recounted in the Book of Judges, concerns the Tribe of Dan, their conquest of Laish, and the sanctuary that was subsequently created there.-Biblical narrative:...

 in the Book of Judges

Book of Judges

The Book of Judges is the seventh book of the Hebrew bible and the Christian Old Testament. Its title describes its contents: it contains the history of Biblical judges, divinely inspired prophets whose direct knowledge of Yahweh allows them to act as decision-makers for the Israelites, as...

, in which he is appointed as the priest of a shrine; since the shrine contained an ephod

Ephod

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 and teraphim

Teraphim

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, Jonathan is referred to as an idol-worshipper

Idolatry

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 by traditional Judaism. The text identifies Jonathan as the son of Gershom

Gershom

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, son of Manasseh, but there is a scribal oddity in that the verse presents the name of Manasseh as מ^נשה, with the "נ" superscripted, which does not occur elsewhere in the Bible

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; the correct reading may be Moses

Moses

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(Hebrew

Hebrew language

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: משה, Moshe), and Rashi

Rashi

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and other sages suspected as much, arguing that the name was changed to Manasseh to avoid scandalising Moses.