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For other Biblical people with this name, see Nathan (given name).


Nathan the Prophet (fl.
Floruit

Floruit refers to a period of time during which a person, school, movement or even species was active or flourishing. It is the third person, singular, perfect tense, indicative, active form of the Latin verb florere ? "to flourish"....
 c. 1000 BC) was a court prophet
Prophet

In religion, a prophet is a person who has claimed to have encountered the supernatural or the Divinity, often one who serves as an intermediary with humanity....
 who lived in the time of King David and his wife Bathsheba
Bathsheba

According to the Hebrew Bible, Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David , king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah....
. He came to David to reprimand him over his committing adultery
Adultery

Adultery is the voluntary sexual intercourse between a marriage and another person who is not his or her spouse, though in many places it is only considered adultery when a married woman has sexual relations with someone who is not her husband and in others it is only considered adultery when a married woman has sexual relations with someon...
 with Bathsheba while she was the wife of Uriah
Uriah

Uriah or Urijah was the name of several men in the Hebrew Bible. The word means "the Lord is my light". It may refer to:*Uriah, Alabama, a town in the United States...
.

His actions are described in the Books of Samuel, Kings
Books of Kings

The Books of Kings are a part of Judaism's Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. They were originally written in Hebrew language and were later included by Christianity as part of the Old Testament....
, and Chronicles
Books of Chronicles

LocationIn the masoretic text, Chronicles is part of the third part of the Tanakh, namely Ketuvim . In most printed versions it is the last book in Ketuvim ....
 (see especially, , .) Nathan wrote histories of the reigns of both David and of Solomon
Solomon

Solomon is a figure described in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an. The biblical accounts identify Solomon as the son of David. He is also called Jedidiah in the Tanakh , and is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, and the final king before the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah split; following th...
 (see and ), and was involved in the music of the temple (see 2 Chronicles 29:25).

In it is Nathan who tells the dying David of the plot of Adonijah
Adonijah

Adonijah was the fourth son of King David according to the book of Samuel , which is contained in the Bible....
 to become king, resulting in Solomon being proclaimed king instead.

The feast day of Nathan the Prophet is on 24 October.






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For other Biblical people with this name, see Nathan (given name).


Nathan the Prophet (fl.
Floruit

Floruit refers to a period of time during which a person, school, movement or even species was active or flourishing. It is the third person, singular, perfect tense, indicative, active form of the Latin verb florere ? "to flourish"....
 c. 1000 BC) was a court prophet
Prophet

In religion, a prophet is a person who has claimed to have encountered the supernatural or the Divinity, often one who serves as an intermediary with humanity....
 who lived in the time of King David and his wife Bathsheba
Bathsheba

According to the Hebrew Bible, Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David , king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah....
. He came to David to reprimand him over his committing adultery
Adultery

Adultery is the voluntary sexual intercourse between a marriage and another person who is not his or her spouse, though in many places it is only considered adultery when a married woman has sexual relations with someone who is not her husband and in others it is only considered adultery when a married woman has sexual relations with someon...
 with Bathsheba while she was the wife of Uriah
Uriah

Uriah or Urijah was the name of several men in the Hebrew Bible. The word means "the Lord is my light". It may refer to:*Uriah, Alabama, a town in the United States...
.

His actions are described in the Books of Samuel, Kings
Books of Kings

The Books of Kings are a part of Judaism's Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. They were originally written in Hebrew language and were later included by Christianity as part of the Old Testament....
, and Chronicles
Books of Chronicles

LocationIn the masoretic text, Chronicles is part of the third part of the Tanakh, namely Ketuvim . In most printed versions it is the last book in Ketuvim ....
 (see especially, , .) Nathan wrote histories of the reigns of both David and of Solomon
Solomon

Solomon is a figure described in the Hebrew Bible and the Qur'an. The biblical accounts identify Solomon as the son of David. He is also called Jedidiah in the Tanakh , and is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, and the final king before the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah split; following th...
 (see and ), and was involved in the music of the temple (see 2 Chronicles 29:25).

In it is Nathan who tells the dying David of the plot of Adonijah
Adonijah

Adonijah was the fourth son of King David according to the book of Samuel , which is contained in the Bible....
 to become king, resulting in Solomon being proclaimed king instead.

The feast day of Nathan the Prophet is on 24 October. In the Eastern Orthodox Church
Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian communion in the world with an estimated 225 million members worldwide. It is considered by its adherents to be the Four Marks of the Church established by Jesus Christ and his Apostles nearly 2000 years ago....
, and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite
Byzantine Rite

The Byzantine Rite, sometimes called the Rite of Constantinople or Constantinopolitan Rite, is the liturgy used currently by all the Eastern Orthodox Churches and by the Greek-Catholic Churches ....
, he is commemorated as a saint
Saint

A saint in Christianity is a human being who has been called to holiness. The term is used differently by various denominations, with some, such as the Anglicans, Methodists, and Lutherans distinguishing between Saints and saints....
 on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers (i.e., the Sunday before the Great Feast of the Nativity of the Lord
Christmas

Christmas , also referred to as Christmas Day, is an annual holiday celebrated on December 25 that commemorates the birth of Jesus. The day marks the beginning of the larger season of Christmastide, which lasts Twelve Days of Christmas....
).

See also

  • Book of Nathan the Prophet
    Book of Nathan the Prophet

    The Book of Nathan the Prophet is a lost text that claims authorship by Nathan . It is described at . The passage reads: "Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the Book of Samuel the Seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the Book of Gad the Seer," These writings of Nathan and Gad may have be...

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