Nathan
[Nā’than] – he hath given.
1. The third child of David, born after he came to reign over Israel (2 Sam. 5:14; 1 Chron. 3:5; 1 Chron. 14:4).
2. The distinguished prophet during the reigns of David and Solomon, who brought home to David the enormity of his sin. What a piercing arrow from the divine bow that was – Thou art the man (2 Sam. 7:2-17; 2 Sam. 12; 1 Kings 1; 1 Chron. 17). Although the confidential adviser of King David, Nathan was unsparing in his condemnation of his monarch’s sin. Nathan also wrote a history (2 Chron. 9:29).
3. The father of Igal, one of David’s heroes (2 Sam. 23:36).
4. Father of Solomon’s chief officer (1 Kings 4:5).
5. Son of Attai and father of Zabad, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chron. 2:36).
6. Brother of Joel, one of David’s heroes (1 Chron. 11:38).
7. A chief man with Ezra at the brook of Ahava (Ezra 8:16).
8. A son of Bani who put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:39).
9. A chief man in Israel (Zech. 12:12).
10. An ancestor of Jesus Christ (Luke 3:31).
Today’s Reading Is From:
All the Men of the Bible
by Herbert Lockyer
A portrait gallery and reference library of over 3,000 named biblical characters. Characters you can learn from and teachings you can apply.
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* All the Women of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer
