Atlas Biblica

    5 others in the registry answer to the name Nathan. Every Nathan in the Bible

    person

    Nathan

    נָתָןΝαθάν

    Nathan, a son of David and Bathsheba, is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ.

    verses
    5
    first named
    2 Samuel 5:14
    last named
    Luke 3:31
    period
    United Monarchy
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Nathan?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Nathan was one of the sons of King David and Bathsheba, born in Jerusalem (2Sa.5.14; 1Ch.3.5; 14.4). He was a younger brother of Solomon, who would succeed David as king.

    Although little is known about Nathan's life, his significance lies in his role as an ancestor of Jesus Christ. In the genealogy of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of Luke, Nathan is listed as a descendant of David and an ancestor of Joseph, the husband of Mary (Luk.3.31).

    The prophet Zechariah also mentions a future mourning in Jerusalem, where the family of the house of David and the family of Nathan will mourn separately (Zec.12.12). This suggests that the descendants of Nathan played a significant role in the history of Israel and were recognized as a distinct lineage within the house of David.

    As a son of David, Nathan would have been part of the royal family during a time when Israel was at its peak of power and influence. His inclusion in the biblical record, both in the historical narratives and in the genealogy of Jesus, highlights the importance of the Davidic lineage in God's plan of redemption.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Nathan 10 of 24 entities the graph connects to Nathan, in 2 groups: kinship 9, events 1. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.DavidChild of · 3 events · 964 versesSolomonSibling of · 3 events · 272 versesAbsalomSibling of · 92 versesAdonijahSibling of · 24 versesAmnonSibling of · 21 versesTamarSibling of · 13 versesBathshebaChild of · 1 event · 12 versesEliadaSibling of · 3 versesElipheletSibling of · 3 versesKinshipJerusalem3 events · 888 versesEventsNathan

    The 10 best-attested of 24 are drawn. All 24 are listed below.

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    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Nathan happens The one place the claims about Nathan reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Jerusalem. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Nathan there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Jerusalem
    United MonarchyThe one place the claims about Nathan reach

    The pattern

    Where Nathan is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 5 verses across 4 of 66 books; 62 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKS1 CHRONICLES2 VERSESZECHARIAH1 VERSE24 books and 544 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 5 verses across 4 of 66 books; 62 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKS1 CHRONICLES2 VERSESZECHARIAH1 VERSE24 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Nathan is named in 5 verses — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 62 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 5, across 4 books.

    1. 2 Samuel1 verse

      5:14

    2. 1 Chronicles2 verses

      3:514:4

    3. Zechariah1 verse

      12:12

    4. Luke1 verse

      3:31

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via David and Eliada, and 9 moreJerusalem wivesWives David took in Jerusalemvia MattathaMennaAn ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy.via Absalom and David, and 1 moreMaacahDaughter of Talmai; wife of David; mother of Absalomvia Chileab and DavidAbigailWife of Nabal, later married Davidvia David and ShephatiahAbitalOne of David's wives; mother of Shephatiahvia Amnon and DavidAhinoamWife of David, from Jezreel; mother of Amnonvia David and IthreamEglahDavid's wife and mother of Ithreamvia Adonijah and DavidHaggithOne of David's wives; mother of Adonijah.via BathshebaEliamFather of Bathsheba, wife of Uriah the Hittite
    ElsewhereGenealogy of NathanEvery ancestor and every descendant the text names, both gospel lines where they differ.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    Sources

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