Nathan
NATHAN
1. A Hebrew prophet, Zec 12:12 ; a friend and counselor of David. He approved the king’s purpose of building a temple to the lord, but by divine direction transferred this accomplishment to Solomon, 2Sa 7:1-17 . By a fine parable, pointedly applied, he convicted David of his guilt in respect to Uriah and Bathsheba, 2Sa 12:1-31 Psa 51:1-19 ; and his bold fidelity here seems to have been appreciated by David, see NATHAN 2, and is worthy of everlasting remembrance. Solomon was probably educated under his care, 2Sa 12:25 ; and was effectually aided by him in his peaceful succession to the throne, 1Ki 1.1-53. He wrote some memorials, long since lost, of both David and Solomon, 1Ch 29:29 2Ch 9:29 . How long he lived under the reign of Solomon is unknown; but two of his sons were high officers at court, 1Ki 4:5 .2. A son of David, by Bathsheba, 1Ch 3:5 14:4; an ancestor of Christ, Luk 3:21 . See GENEALOGY.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Nathan
Nathan (God-given), the name of several Israelites mentioned in the Old Testament.
(1) Nathan, successor of Samuel and prophet in the times of David and Solomon
No indication is given as to his origin, and he appears in the narrative for the first time when David is contemplating the erection of a house to the Lord (2 Samuel 7). He assures the monarch of the Lord’s support and of the divinely ordained establishment of his kingdom for all time, but dissuades him from the idea of building the proposed temple, stating that this honour was reserved for his son and successor (2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Chronicles 17:1-15). Nathan appears later to reproach David in the name of the Lord for his crime of adultery and murder narrated in II Kings, Xi, and, after skilfully proposing the allegory of the poor man’s little ewe lamb, surprises the king with the words: “Thou art the man”. He then declares the anger of the Lord and the punishments that are to fall upon David, although in view of the latter’s repentance his sin is pronounced forgiven, for his crimes had given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme (2 Samuel 12:1-15). The prophet next appears on the scene when it is question of securing to Solomon the succession to the throne of his father. Adonias, abetted by Joab and the high priest Abiathar, made an attempt to have himself proclaimed king. The plan was frustrated by Nathan who, first through Bethsabee and later in a personal interview, informed David as to the doings of Adonias, and persuaded the aged monarch to confirm his promise in favour of Solomon and have him proclaimed king at the fountain of Gihon (1 Kings 1:8-45). In this instance Nathan served the interests of the country as well as those of David and Solomon by averting a civil war. He is credited by the Chronicler with having written a part of the history of David , together with Samuel the seer and Gad the seer (1 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 29:25). The time of Nathan’s death is not given, but his name is mentioned in Ecclus., xlvii, 1.
(2) Nathan, son of David and Bethsabee (2 Samuel 5:14; 1 Chronicles 3:5, 14:4)
The name Nathan augmented by the theophorous prefix or suffix is borne by other members of the family of David. Thus one of his brothers was Nathanael (1 Chronicles 2:14), and one of his nephews, Jonathan (2 Samuel 21:21).
(3) Nathan, father of Azarias and Zabud, important functionaries of the court of Solomon (1 Kings 4:5)
By some scholars he is identified with Nathan the prophet (1), and by others with Nathan the son of David (2). Both opinions are merely conjectural. His son Zabud is designated as “priest”, this being an indication, among many others, that the functions of the priesthood were not at that period exercised exclusively by the descendants of Aaron.
(4) Nathan, son of Ethei and father of Zabad (1 Chronicles 2:36), of the tribe of Juda and of the branch of Caleb
His grandfather Jeraa was an Egyptian slave to whom Sesan gave one of his daughters in marriage (1 Chronicles 2:34-35).
(5) Nathan, one of the prominent Jews of the time of the Captivity
Chosen by Esdras together with several others to find levites for the temple service when the Jews were camped on the banks of the Ahava preparing to return to Palestine (Ezra 8:16).
(6) Nathan, one of the sons of Bani mentioned in I Esdras 10:39
He was among those who, at the command of Esdras, put away the foreign wives they had married.
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Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Nathan
(Heb. Nathan’, , given, i.e., by God; Sept. , but in the later books , and so Jo, sephus, Ant. 7:3, 3; but of the prophet, Ant. 7:4, 4, etc.), the name of five or six men.
1. The eleventh in descent from Judah, being the son of Attai and father of Zabad (1Ch 2:36). B.C. post 1612.
2. An eminent Hebrew prophet in the reigns of David and Solomon. If the expression “first and last,” in 2Ch 9:29, is to be token literally, he must have lived late into the life of Solomon, in which case he must have been considerably younger than David. At any rate he seems to have been the younger of the two prophets who accompanied him, and may be considered as the latest direct representative of the schools of Samuel. A Jewish tradition mentioned by Jerome (Qu. Heb. on 1Sa 17:12) identifies him with the eighth son of Jesse (2Sa 5:14); but of this there is no probability. He first appears in the consultation with David about the building of the Temple. B.C. cir. 1043. He begins by advising it, and then, after a vision, withdraws his advice, on the ground that the time had not yet come (2Sa 7:2-3; 2Sa 7:17). See Ewald, Isr. Gesch. 2:592. 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 example of his prophetic power, shows it to have been of a very high order (2Sa 12:1-12). B.C. 1035. There is an indistinct trace of his appearing also at the time of the plague which fell on Jerusalem in accordance with the warning of Gad. “An angel,” says Eupolemus (Euseb. Prcep. Ev. 9:30), “pointed him to the place where the Temple was to be, but forbade him to build it, as being stained with blood, and having fought many wars. His name was Dianathan.”
This was probably occasioned by some confusion of the Greek version, , with the parallel passage of 1Ch 22:8, where the blood-stained life of David is given as a reason against the building, but where Nathan is not named. B.C. cir. 1017. On the birth of Solomon he was either specially charged with giving him his name, Jedidah, or else with his education, according as the words of 2Sa 12:25, “He sent [or “sent him”] by [or “into”] the hand of Nathan,” are understood. B.C. cir. 1034. At any rate, in the last years of David, it is Nathan who, by taking the side of Solomon, turned the scale in his favor. He advised Bathsheba; he himself ventured to enter the royal presence with a remonstrance against the king’s apathy and at David’s request he assisted in the inauguration of Solomon (1Ki 1:8; 1Ki 1:10-11; 1Ki 1:22-24; 1Ki 1:32; 1Ki 1:34; 1Ki 1:38; 1Ki 1:45). B.C. cir. 1015. His son Zabud occupied the post of ” king’s friend,” perhaps succeeding Nathan (2Sa 15:37; 1Ch 27:33); and Azariah, another of his sons, occupied a high place in the king’s court (1Ki 4:5). He assisted David by his counsels when he reorganized the public worship (2Ch 29:25). B.C. 1014. This is the last time that we hear directly of his intervention in the history. His influence may be traced in the perpetuation of his manner of prophecy in the writings ascribed to Solomon (comp. Ecc 9:14-16 with 2Sa 12:1-4). He left two works behind him a life of David (1Ch 29:29), and a life of Solomon (2Ch 9:29). The last of these may have been incomplete, as we cannot be sure that he outlived Solomon. The consideration in which he was held at the time is indicated by the solemn announcement of his approach “Behold Nathan the prophet” (1Ki 1:23). The peculiar affix of “the prophet,” as distinguished from “the seer,” given to Samuel and Gad (1Ch 29:29), shows his identification with the later view of the prophetic office indicated in 1Sa 9:9. His grave is shown at Halhul near Hebron (see Robinson, Bib. Res. 1:216, note).
3. A native of Zobah, in Syria; the father of Igul, one of David’s mighty men (2Sa 23:36; 1Ch 11:38). B.C. cir. 1040.
4. A son of David (2Sa 5:14; 1Ch 14:4), from whom the evangelist Luke has reckoned the genealogy of Mary the mother of Jesus (Luk 3:31). B.C. cir. 1032. SEE GENEALOGY. In 1Ch 3:5 Nathan is said to have been “the son of David by Bathshua,” i.e., Bathsheba, but the rendering has been questioned. To him must probably be referred the words of Zecheriah 12:12 (see Henderson, Min. Proph. ad loc.), though some have interpreted it as the house of the prophet Nathan standing for the family of the prophets. SEE DAVID.
5. One of the head men who returned from Babylon with Ezra on his second expedition, and whom he despatched from his encampment at the River Ahava to the colony of Jews at Casiphia, to obtain thence some Levites and Nethinimn for the Temple service (Ezr 8:16). B.C. 459. “That Nathan and those mentioned with him were laymen appears evident from the concluding words of the preceding verse, and therefore it is not impossible that he may be the same with the son of Bani, who was obliged to relinquish his foreign wife (Ezr 10:39); though on the other hand these marriages seem rather to have been contracted by those who had been longer in Jerusalem than he, who had so lately arrived from Babylon, could be.” B.C. 458.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Nathan
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 whose inauguration to the throne he took a prominent part (1 Kings 1:8, 10, 11, 22-45). His two sons, Zabad (1 Chr. 2:36) and Azariah (1 Kings 4:5) occupied places of honour at the king’s court. He last appears in assisting David in reorganizing the public worship (2 Chr. 29:25). He See ms to have written a life of David, and also a life of Solomon (1 Chr. 29:29; 2 Chr. 9:29).
(2.) A son of David, by Bathsheba (2 Sam. 5:14), whose name appears in the genealogy of Mary, the mother of our Lord (Luke 3:31).
(3.) Ezra 8:16.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Nathan
(“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 Chronicles 17). Nathan speaking first of himself had said, “do all that is in thine heart” (compare 1Ki 8:18). God sometimes grants His children’s requests in a form real, but not as they had proposed. His glory proves in the end to be their truest good, though their wishes for the time be crossed. Nathan convicted David of his sin in the case of Uriah by the beautiful parable of the poor man’s lamb (2Sa 12:1-15; 2Sa 12:25; Psalm 51).
Nathan conveyed Jehovah’s command to David, to name Solomon” Jedidiah,” not as a mere appellation, but an assurance that Jehovah loved him. Nathan was younger than David, as he wrote with Ahijah the Shilonite and Iddo the seer” the acts of Solomon first and last” (2Ch 9:29). To Nathan David refers as having forbidden his building the temple on account of his having had “great wars” (2Ch 22:1-10; 2Ch 28:2). Nathan secured the succession of Solomon by advising Bathsheba to remind David of his promise (1Ch 22:9, etc.), and to inform him of Adonijah’s plot, and by himself venturing into the king’s presence to follow up Bathsheba’s statement. Nathan by David’s direction with Zadok the priest brought Solomon to Gihon on the king’s own mule, and anointed him king (1Ki 1:10-38).
“Azariah son of Nathan was over the officers, and Zabud son of Nathan was the king’s friend” under Solomon (1Ki 4:5; 1Ch 27:33; 2Sa 15:37). A similarity between the apologue style of Solomon in Ecc 9:14-16 and Nathan’s in 2Sa 12:1-4 may be due to Nathan’s influence. Nathan along with Gad wrote “the acts of David first and last” (1Ch 29:29). Nathan is designated by the later and higher title “the prophet,” but” Gad and Samuel the seer” (compare 1Sa 9:9). His histories were doubtless among the materials from which the books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles were compiled. His grave is shown at Halhul near Hebron.
2. Son of David and Bathsheba (1Ch 3:5; 1Ch 14:4; 2Sa 5:14). Luke traces Christ’s genealogy to David through Nathan (2Sa 3:31); as Matthew gives the succession to the throne, so Luke the parentage of Joseph, Jeconiah’s line having failed as he died childless. (See GENEALOGY.) “The family of the house of David and the family of the house of Nathan” represent the highest and lowest of the royal order; as “the family of the house of Levi and the family of Shimei” represent the highest and lowest of the priestly order (Zec 12:12-13).
3. Father of Igal, one of David’s heroes, of Zobah, 2Sa 23:36, but in 1Ch 11:38 “Joel, brother of Nathan” Kennicott prefers “brother.”
4. A head man who returned with Ezra on his second expedition, and whom Ezra despatched from his encampment at the river Ahava to the Jews at Casiphia, to get Levites and Nethinim for the temple (Ezr 8:16). Perhaps the same as the son of Bani who gave up his foreign wife (Ezr 10:39).
5. Son of Attai of Judah (1Ch 2:36).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
NATHAN
Several men named Nathan are mentioned in the Bible, one of them being a son of David in the line of descent that produced the Messiah (2Sa 5:14; Zec 12:12; Luk 3:31). But the best known Nathan is the prophet who belonged to Davids court. It was he who revealed that the permanent temple David desired to build was not necessary, and that God was more concerned with building a permanent dynasty for David (2Sa 7:1-17). God allowed the temple to be built, though by Davids son, not by David himself (2Sa 7:12-13; 1Ch 28:3; 1Ch 28:6).
Nathan was again Gods spokesman when he announced Gods judgment on David because of his sin with Bathsheba (2Sa 12:1-15). Nathan seems also to have been the person through whom God revealed that Solomon would be Davids successor as king (2Sa 12:24-25; 1Ch 28:5-6; 1Ki 1:17). Significantly, Nathan came to the defence of Solomon when Adonijah challenged him (1Ki 1:11-14; 1Ki 1:22-24; 1Ki 1:32-34). Like many prophets, Nathan was a court historian (1Ch 29:29; 2Ch 9:29; 2Ch 29:25).
Fuente: Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
Nathan
NATHAN.A son of king David, named in our Lords genealogy, Luk 3:31.
Fuente: A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels
Nathan
NATHAN.1. Third son of David by Bath-sheba (2Sa 5:14, but note 2Sa 12:24). In Zec 12:12 the Nathan who is recognized as head of a house is probably Davids son. In Luk 3:31 the genealogy of Jesus is traced through Nathan to David. 2. The prophet, a confidential adviser of David. The king desired to build the Temple, and Nathan at first agreed, but later received a revelation forbidding the enterprise (2Sa 7:1-29). The next appearance of Nathan is in connexion with the parable of the ewe lamb, by which David was self-convicted of his sin with Bath-sheba (2Sa 12:1-15). Later, in token that an atonement has been made, he adds to Solomons name the significant title Jedidiah (beloved of Jah). The third service was rendered alike to David and to Solomon. Adonijab had planned a coup by which to grasp the sceptre, now falling from the hands of his aged father. It was Nathans watchfulness that discovered the plot, and his ingenuity that saved the kingdom for Solomon (1Ki 1:1-53). It was fitting that a Life of David should come from this friendly hand (1Ch 29:29). His service to Solomon was recognized by the king, who appointed his sons, Azariab and Zabud, to important offices (1Ki 4:5). 3. Father of Igal, one of Davids heroes (2Sa 23:36). The text of 1Ch 11:38 reads, Joel brother of Nathan. 4. One of the cbief men who returned with Ezra (Ezr 8:15, 1Es 8:44). 5. One of the Bani family, who had taken strange wives (Ezr 10:39); called in 1Es 9:34 Nathanias. 6. A Judahite (1Ch 2:36).
J. H. Stevenson.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Nathan
There were many of this name in the Bible. The first we meet with is the faithful prophet in the days of David, 2Sa 12:1-31. The name signifies who gives. (See also 2Sa 12:14) Another Nathan is recorded, 2Sa 23:36; another, 1Ki 4:5; another, Ezr 8:16.
Fuente: The Poor Mans Concordance and Dictionary to the Sacred Scriptures
Nathan (1)
nathan (, 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 = 1Ch 17:1-15, of which the former is the original, relate how David confided to Nathan his intention to build a house for Yahweh’s ark. Nathan at first blesses the project, but that same night is given a Divine message, and returns to tell the king that instead of David building a house for Yahweh, Yahweh will build a house for David: I will set up thy seed after thee,… and I will establish his kingdom…. I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men (2Sa 7:12-14). 2Sa 7:13 says that He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever, but this disturbs the one great thought of the passage,. which is that God will build a house for David, and which is also the thought in David’s prayer (2Sa 7:18-29).
The word seed in 2Sa 7:12 is collective and so throughout the passage, so that the prophecy does not refer to any individual, but, like Deu 17:14-20; Deu 18:15-22, belongs to the group of generic prophecies. Nor is it Messianic, for 2Sa 7:14 could not be reconciled with the sinlessness of Jesus. The message is rather a promise of the ever-merciful providence of God in dealing with David’s family. (See, however, C.A. Briggs, Messianic Prophecy, 126 ff.) Budde, who says that the section belongs to the 7th century and is certainly pre-exilic in the leading thought of the passage, sees in the prophecy something of the idealism of Amos and Hosea, for the prophet teaches that Yahweh dwells, not in a holy place made with hands (Heb 9:11, Heb 9:24), but rather in the life of the nation as represented by the direct succession of Davidic kings. This presents an extension of the teaching of Paul that the very body itself is a sanctuary unto God (1Co 6:19).
2. Nathan and David’s Sin:
2 Sam 12:1-25 narrates Nathan’s rebuke of David for his adultery, and for causing the death of Uriah; and then comes an account of the death of Bathsheba’s child. In 2Sa 12:1-15, we have Nathan’s parable of the rich man and the poor man’s ewe lamb, and the application of it to David’s conduct. But several difficulties arise when we ask exactly what Nathan’s message to David was: 2Sa 12:13 f represent the prophet as saying that God has forgiven David but that the child will die, while 2Sa 12:10-12 speak of a heavy punishment that is to come upon David and his family, and 2Sa 12:16 does not show any indication of a prophecy as to the child’s death. Commentators regard 2Sa 12:1-15 as later in origin than 2 Sam 11; 12 in the main, and hold 2Sa 12:10-12 to be still later than the rest of 2Sa 12:1-15. Budde omits 2Sa 12:9, 2Sa 12:10, 2Sa 12:11, 2Sa 12:12, but regards even the rest of the story as interrupting the connection between 2Sa 11:27 and 2Sa 12:15, and therefore of later date.
3. Nathan and Solomon’s Accession:
1 Kings 1 is a part of one of the best pieces of Hebrew narrative in our possession (H.P. Smith, Old Testament History, 153, note 2). It narrates the part that Nathan played in the events that led to Solomon’s accession. David was getting old and feeble, and the succession had not been settled. When Adonijah, who was probably the eldest son living, gave a banquet to some of his father’s state officials, Nathan, who was one of those that had not been invited, incited Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, to remind David of his promise to her that Solomon should succeed to the throne. This she did, and in the middle of her audience with David, Nathan appears with the news of Adonijah’s feast and proclamation as king. Solomon is then anointed king by David’s command, Nathan being one of his chief supporters. It has been suggested that it is only Nathan who interprets Adonijah’s feast as a claim to the throne, but this contradicts 1Ki 1:5. Yet, whereas in the two sections treated above Nathan is the prophet of Yahweh , he is represented in 1 Kings as an intriguing court politician, planning very cleverly an opportune entrance into David’s presence at the very time that Bathsheba has an audience with the king. The parallel narrative of 1 Ch 28 makes no mention of Nathan, Solomon being there represented as Divinely elected to succeed David.
1Ki 4:5 mentions a Nathan as father of Azariah and Zabud, two of the chief officers of Solomon. He is probably the prophet.
1Ch 29:29; 2Ch 9:29 refer to the words or rather the acts of Nathan the prophet as well as those of Samuel and Gad. There can be no doubt that these are nothing more than references to the narratives in which Samuel, Nathan and Gad are mentioned in our Books of Samuel (Curtis on 1Ch 29:29). In 2Ch 29:25, sanction is claimed for Levitical temple-music as being commanded by God through Nathan and Gad.
Curtis (on 1Ch 29:29) observes that Nathan is always called nabhi’ (prophet) in Samuel and Kings and not ro’eh or hozeh, seer.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Nathan (2)
(1) A prophet (2 Sam 7; Ps 51, title). See preceding article.
(2) A son of King David (2Sa 5:14; 1Ch 3:5; 1Ch 14:4).
(3) Father of Igal, one of David’s heroes (2Sa 23:36). In 1Ch 11:38, we have Joel the brother of Nathan; the Septuagint’s Codex Vaticanus has son in this verse, but it is impossible to say whether Igal or Joel is the correct name.
(4) A Jerahmeelite (1Ch 2:36), whose son is called Zabad, whom some suppose to be the same as Zabud (1Ki 4:5). On this view this Nathan is the same as the prophet (see 1, above).
(5) A companion of Ezra from Babylon (Ezr 8:16 and 1 Esdras 8:44).
(6) Nathanias (1 Esdras 9:34), one of those who had married foreign wives (Ezr 10:39).
(7) Name of a family (Zec 12:12).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Nathan
Nathan (given), a prophet of the time of David. When that monarch conceived the idea of building a temple to Jehovah, the design and motives seemed to Nathan so good that he ventured to approve of it without the Divine authority, but the night following he received the Divine command, which prevented the king from executing this great work (2Sa 7:2, sq.; 1 Chronicles 17). Nathan does not again appear in the sacred history till he comes forward in the name of the Lord to reprove David, and to denounce dire punishment for his frightful crime in the matter of Uriah and Bathsheba. This he does by exciting the king’s indignation, and leading him to condemn himself, by reciting to him the very striking parable of the traveler and the lamb. Then, changing the voice of a suppliant for that of a judge and a commissioned prophet, he exclaims, ‘Thou art the man!’ and proceeds to announce the evils which were to embitter the remainder of his reign (2Sa 12:1, sq.; comp. Psalms 51). The lamentations of the repentant king drew forth some mitigation of punishment; but the troubled history of the remainder of his reign shows how completely God’s righteous doom was fulfilled. The child conceived in adultery died; but when Bathsheba’s second son was born, the prophet gave him the name of Jedidiah (beloved of Jehovah), although he is better known by that of Solomon (2Sa 12:24-25). He recognized in this young prince the successor of David; and it was in a great measure through his interposition that the design of Adonijah to seize the crown was unsuccessful (1Ki 1:8, sq.). Nathan probably died soon after the accession of Solomon, for his name does not again historically occur. It is generally supposed that Solomon was brought up under his care. His sons occupied high places in this king’s court (1Ki 4:5). He assisted David by his counsels when he reorganized the public worship (2Ch 29:25); and he composed annals of the times in which he lived (1Ch 29:29; 2Ch 9:29); but these have not been preserved to us. In Zechariah (Zec 12:12) the name of Nathan occurs as representing the great family of the prophets.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Nathan
[Na’than]
1. Son of David and Bathsheba. 2Sa 5:14; 1Ch 3:5; 1Ch 14:4; Luk 3:31.
2. The prophet, who held an influential position during the reigns of David and Solomon. He is first mentioned when David had in his heart to build a house to Jehovah. Nathan at first encouraged the proposition, but afterwards had a special message from God to direct David otherwise. It was Nathan who had to condemn David’s conduct with respect to Bathsheba and her husband; he delicately brought the sin home to his conscience by means of a suited parable. He also took a prominent part in securing the throne for Solomon, 2Sa 7:2-17; 2Sa 12:1-25; 1Ki 1:8-45; 1Ch 17:1-15; 2Ch 29:25; Psa 51: title. He wrote a ‘book’ containing the Acts of David the king and of Solomon, which does not form a part of scripture. 1Ch 29:29; 2Ch 9:29.
3. Man of Zobah, father of Igal. 2Sa 23:36.
4. Father of Azariah and Zabud. 1Ki 4:5.
5. Son of Attai, and father of Zabad. 1Ch 2:36.
6. Brother of Joel, one of David’s mighty men. 1Ch 11:38.
7. One who returned from exile. Ezr 8:16.
8. One who had married a strange wife. Ezr 10:39.
9. A chief man in Israel, whose family will mourn apart. Zec 12:12. Perhaps a reference to the family of No. 2.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Nathan
H5416 G3481
1. Son of David and Bath-Sheba
2Sa 5:14; 1Ch 3:5; 1Ch 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, her son, the succession to the throne
1Ki 1:10-14; 1Ki 1:22-27
– Assists in anointing Solomon
1Ki 1:32-45
– Kept the chronicles
1Ch 29:29; 2Ch 9:29
– Assists David in the organization of the tabernacle
2Ch 29:25
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Nathan
Nathan (n’than), given. 1. A distinguished prophet of Juda, in the reigns of David and Solomon. 2Sa 7:2. Nathan was to tell David that he could not build the temple, and to point out David’s sin against Uriah, which he conveyed under the striking allegory of the rich man and the ewe-lamb. Nathan was one of David’s biographers, 1Ch 29:29, and also Solomon’s. 2Ch 9:29. 2. One of the sons of David by Bathsheba. 1Ch 3:5. 3. Father of one of David’s warriors. 2Sa 23:36. 4. One of the chief men who returned to Jerusalem with Ezra. Ezr 8:16. 5. A descend* ant of Caleb. 1Ch 2:36.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Nathan
Na’than. (a giver).
1. An eminent Hebrew , 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; 2Sa 7:17. 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 example of his prophetic power, shows it to have been of a very high order. 2Sa 12:1-12.
2. A son of David; one of the four who were borne to him, by Bathsheba. 1Ch 3:5. Compare 1Ch 14:4 and 2Sa 5:14.
3. Son, or brother, of one of the members of David’s guard. 2Sa 23:36; 1Ch 11:38.
4. One of the head men, who returned from Babylon with Ezra, on his second expedition. Ezr 8:16 1Es 8:44. It is not impossible that he may be the same with the “son of Bani.” Ezr 10:39.
Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary
NATHAN
(1) The Prophet
2Sa 7:2; 2Sa 12:1; 2Sa 12:7; 1Ki 1:10; 1Ki 1:32; 1Ch 29:29; Zec 12:12
(2) Son of David
2Sa 5:14; Luk 3:31
Fuente: Thompson Chain-Reference Bible
Nathan
a prophet of the Lord, who appeared in Israel in the time of King David, and had a great share in the confidence of this prince. His country is unknown, as also the time in which he began to prophesy. The first time we find him mentioned, is when David designed to build the temple, 2Sa 7:3, &c. We find him mentioned again in the affair of David and Bathsheba, when he faithfully reproved the king for his wicked conduct, 2Sa 12:1-14. And when Adonijah began to take upon him the state, and to assume the dignity of a sovereign, and to form a party in opposition to his brother Solomon, Nathan repaired to Bathsheba, and sent her immediately to the king with instructions what to say and while she was yet discoursing with the king, Nathan came in, reminded David of his promise, that Solomon should be his successor, and procured Solomon to be immediately anointed king of Israel.