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

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    Nathan

    נָתָן

    Nathan, a prophet of God, served during the reigns of David and Solomon, offering guidance, confronting David's sin, and supporting Solomon's accession to the throne.

    verses
    30
    first named
    2 Samuel 7:2
    last named
    Psalms 51:1
    period
    United Monarchy
    role
    Prophet

    Description

    Who was Nathan?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Nathan was a prominent prophet in Israel during the reigns of King David and his son Solomon. He first appears in the biblical narrative when David expresses his desire to build a temple for the Lord (2Sa.7.2-3; 1Ch.17.1-2). Initially, Nathan encourages David to proceed, but later receives a message from God directing David not to build the temple, a task that would fall to his son Solomon (2Sa.7.4-17; 1Ch.17.3-15).

    One of Nathan's most significant roles was confronting David about his sin with Bathsheba and the subsequent murder of her husband, Uriah. Nathan told David a parable about a rich man who took a poor man's beloved lamb, prompting David to condemn the rich man's actions (2Sa.12.1-6). Nathan then boldly declared, "You are the man!" (2Sa.12.7), revealing that the parable was an allegory for David's own sin. David repented, and Nathan conveyed God's forgiveness but also pronounced the consequences of David's actions (2Sa.12.13-15).

    Nathan played a crucial role in ensuring Solomon's accession to the throne. When David's son Adonijah attempted to seize the throne, Nathan and Bathsheba worked together to inform David and secure his decision to appoint Solomon as his successor (1Kings 1).

    During Solomon's reign, Nathan's sons held important positions in the royal court. One son, Azariah, was put in charge of the district officers (1Ki.4.5), while another, Zabud, was a priest and the king's friend (1Ki.4.5).

    Nathan's prophetic ministry and influence extended beyond his lifetime. His writings were included in the records of the acts of David (1Ch.29.29) and Solomon (2Ch.9.29). The Psalms also mention Nathan, specifically in the title of Psalm 51, which is associated with David's repentance following his confrontation with Nathan.

    As a prophet, Nathan served as a messenger of God, offering guidance, correction, and support to the kings of Israel. His legacy as a fearless and faithful servant of God is remembered throughout the biblical narrative.

    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 14 entities the graph connects to Nathan, in one group: events 10. 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.Israel1 event · 2,578 versesLORD1 event · 1,004 versesDavid15 events · 964 versesSolomon4 events · 272 versesProphet1 event · 157 versesJoab1 event · 120 versesZadok8 events · 40 versesAdonijah2 events · 24 versesBenaiah6 events · 23 versesCherethites2 events · 9 versesNathan

    The 10 best-attested of 14 are drawn. All 14 are listed below.

    Father of

    Stands in the same events as

    and 7 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    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: Gihon. 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.Gihon
    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. 30 verses across 5 of 66 books; 61 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKS2 SAMUEL–1 KINGS22 VERSESPSALMS1 VERSE47 books and 561 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 30 verses across 5 of 66 books; 61 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKS2 SAMUEL–1 KINGS22 VERSESPSALMS1 VERSE47 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Nathan is named in 30 verses, and the name is written 32 times in them — 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. 61 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 — 30, across 5 books. The name is written 32 times in them.

    1. 2 Samuel10 verses

      7:27:37:47:1712:112:512:712:1312:1512:25

    2. 1 Kings12 verses

      1:81:101:111:221:231:241:321:341:381:441:454:5

    3. 1 Chronicles5 verses

      17:117:217:317:1529:29

    4. 2 Chronicles2 verses

      9:2929:25

    5. Psalms1 verse

      51:1

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereDavidAnointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus ChristElsewhereBenjaminYoungest son of Jacob and RachelElsewhereIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesElsewhereGenealogy 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

    What this rests on