Nathan
And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of
the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of
the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;...
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Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they
[are] written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book
of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,...
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And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals,
with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment
of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet:
for [so was] the commandment of the LORD by his prophets....
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Nathan the Prophet (fl. c. 1000 BC) was a court prophet who
lived in the time of King David and Queen Bathsheba. He came
to David to reprimand him over his committing adultery with
Bathsheba while she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite whose
death the King had also arranged to hide his previous
transgression.
His actions are described in the Bo...
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Nathan (Hebrew: נתן, Modern Natan Tiberian Nāṯān) was the
third of four sons born to King David and Bathsheba in
Jerusalem.[1] He was an older brother of Solomon.
In the New Testament, the genealogy of Jesus according to the
Gospel of Luke traces Jesus' lineage back to King David
through the line of Nathan,[2] although the Gospel of Matthew
tr...
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na'-than (nathan, "gift"; Nathan): A court prophet in David's
reign and a supporter of Solomon at his accession. There are
three main incidents in his career as depicted in the Old
Testament.
1. Nathan and David's Temple-Plans:
The two parallel narratives, 2 Sam 7:1-17 = 1 Ch 17:1-15, of
which the former is the original, relate how David confid...
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-1. Son of David and Bath-sheba
2Sa 5:14; 1Ch 3:5; 14:4
-2. A prophet in the time of David
His message to David concerning the building of a temple
2Sa 7:1-17; 1Ch 17:1-15
Reproves David for his adultery with Bath-sheba and his
murder of Uriah
2Sa 12:1-15
Gives Solomon the name Jedidiah
2Sa 12:25
Assists Bath-sheba in securing to Solomon,...
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(a giver).
1. An eminent Hebrew prophet in the reigns of David
and Solomon. (B.C. 1015.) He first appears in the consultation
with David about the building of the temple. 2Sa 7:2,3,17 He
next comes forward as the reprover of David for the sin with
Bathsheba; and his famous apologue on the rich man and the ewe
lamb, which is the only direct ex...
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given. (1.) A prophet in the reigns of David and Solomon (2
Chr.
9:29). He is first spoken of in connection with the
arrangements
David made for the building of the temple (2 Sam.
7:2, 3, 17),
and next appears as the reprover of David on account
of his sin
with Bathsheba (12:1-14). He was charged with the
education of
Solomon (12:25), at ...
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("given by God".)
1. The prophet who gave David God's assurance of the
perpetuity of his seed and throne (notwithstanding temporary
chastening for iniquity). God by Nathan commended David's
desire to build the temple, but reserved the accomplishment
for his son Solomon, the type of Him who should build the
true temple (2 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicl...
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