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Nathan was a court prophet in the time of King David.He is introduced in 2 Samuel 7:2 and 1 Chronicles 17:1 as an advisor to David, with whom David reflects on the contrast between his own comfortable home and the tent in which the Ark of the Covenant is accommodated.
The Book of Nathan the Prophet and the History of Nathan the Prophet (Hebrew: דברי נתן הנביא, romanized: diḇrê Nāṯān ha-nāḇî) are among the lost books quoted in the Bible, attributed to the biblical prophet Nathan. They may be the same text, but they are sometimes distinguished from one another.
Nathan was the first child of Bathsheba that she was given the right to name. Her first child died as an infant before being given a name, and Shammuah and Shobab were given names by David and Nathan the prophet. Biblical writer Carl Hagensick suggests that she chose the name Nathan in honour of Nathan the prophet, her counselor. [2]
King David, prophecy of Nathan prophecy of Gad c. 963 BC–c. 923 BC [citation needed] King Solomon c. 923 BC–c. 913 BC [citation needed] King Rehoboam of Judah, prophecy of Shemaiah c. 922 BC–c. 910 BC [citation needed] King Jeroboam of Israel, prophecy of Ahijah c. 913 BC–c. 910 BC [citation needed] King Asa of Judah
1 Chronicles 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Chronicles in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE. [3]
The number of sons by name in the Bible is 19. In addition, two further unnamed sons are recorded as having been born in Jerusalem, one, probably both, having died in infancy. One of these was the first child born of David's adulterous relationship with Bathsheba. Only one of David's daughters, Tamar, [1] is mentioned by name. [2]
"Nathan the prophet", first mentioned here, [22] played important roles in three key junctures of David's reign: his oracle in this chapter on the House of God and House of David, he later conveyed God's rebuke for David's adultery with Bathsheba (2 Samuel 12), and he prompted the aged David to declare Solomon as his successor , while being a ...
The Annals of King David (Hebrew: הימים למלך דויד, romanized: hayyāmîm lammeleḵ Dāwîḏ, alternatively translated as the Chronicles of King David [1]) is a lost work mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. It may have been written by the Biblical prophet Nathan, who was one of King David's contemporaries. [citation needed]