BIBLE PEOPLE | NATHAN, THE PROPHET

1. Bible People

a) The Bible is an historic record of real people and places. 

b) Here is a brief biography of such a person during Bible times.

2. Nathan, the Prophet

a) Nathan, the prophet, prophesized during the reign of Kings David and Solomon. He was a big influence on David's life. He told David not to build the Temple as David had planned, but that a son (Solomon) of his would build it instead. He also told David his throne would be established forever (1 Chronicles 17:1-15). He confronted David with the double sin of having Uriah killed, and the adultery of Uriah's wife, Bathsheba (2 Samuel 12:1-15). 

b) Nathan predicted David would have trouble with his family all his life and his child by Bathsheba would die. This all came to pass. As David was nearing death, it was through Nathan that Bathsheba related the news to David of the planned takeover of David's son Adonijah. 

c) David ordered that Solomon be proclaimed king (1 Kings 1:8-45). In 1 Chronicles 29:29 it states: "Now the deeds of King David, first and last, can be found written in history of Samuel the seer, the history of Nathan the prophet, and the history of Gad the seer." 

d) It is also written in 2 Chronicles 9:29 that Nathan also wrote a history of King Solomon, along with Ahijah the Shilonite and Iddo the seer. 

e) The other Nathan, the son of King David, was David's third son, who was born in Jerusalem.He was an older brother of Solomon. The line to Jesus Christ went through Nathan (Luke 3:31).

f) Nathan means "He gave", or "gift of God." 

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