Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Nathan (Hebrew: נתן, Modern: Natan, Tiberian: Nāṯān) was the youngest son among four or five children born to King David and Bathsheba in Jerusalem if names were written in order in the Bible (besides Solomon). [1]
The only interpolations that concern the story of Bathsheba are some verses in the early part of the twelfth chapter, that heighten the moral tone of Nathan's rebuke of David. According to Karl Budde the interpolated portion is 12: 7, 8, and 10–12; according to Friedrich Schwally and H. P. Smith, the whole of 12: 1–15a is an interpolation ...
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.
[19] [20] The fact that Bathsheba was the granddaughter of David's advisor Ahitophel of Gilo, [21] (as also noted in the Talmud [22]) could explain Ahitophel's advices to Absalom (2 Samuel 15:12) as an act of revenge for the seduction of his granddaughter and the murder of her husband.
Nathan's prophecy in verse 14 is fulfilled in verses 15b–23, as the child of David and Bathsheba became ill, causing David to act unconventionally: he performed fast and vigil, the traditional signs of mourning, during the sickness of the child (verse 16), but abandoned them instantly after the child had died (verse 20). [20]
"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 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 (son of David), a biblical figure, son of King David and Bathsheba Nathan of Gaza , a charismatic figure who spread the word of Sabbatai Zevi Starboy Nathan , a British singer who used the stage name "Nathan" from 2006 to 2011