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Nathan

Mentioned in 29 verses across 4 books, first in 2 Samuel 7:2. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

In the Bible

All 10 verses in 2 Samuel, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

2 Samuel

  • 2 Samuel 7:2

    he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

  • 2 Samuel 7:3

    And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”

  • 2 Samuel 7:4

    But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

  • 2 Samuel 7:17

    So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire vision.

  • 2 Samuel 12:1

    Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

  • 2 Samuel 12:5

    David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

  • 2 Samuel 12:7

    Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

  • 2 Samuel 12:13

    Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

  • 2 Samuel 12:15

    After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.

  • 2 Samuel 12:25

    and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

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 seems to have written a life of David, and also a life of Solomon (1 Chr. 29:29; 2 Chr. 9:29).

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