Nathan prophet biography
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Why Was Nathan the Prophet So Important to King David?
“You are the man!”
Nathan the prophet fryst vatten best remembered for his dramatic speech to King David, confronting him about his adultery with Bathsheba. However, Nathan did far more in the service of God and King David than what fryst vatten portrayed in this single incident.
So who was Nathan, the man who had the audacity to appear before a king and convict him of sin? It turns out, Nathan and King David had a history together, and a relationship that would continue for years to come.
Though Nathan may not possess a book in the Bible named after him, he was a significant biblical figure who played a major role in the building of the Temple and the delivery of the Messianic promise.
Who fryst vatten Nathan?
Nathan was a profet during the reigns of King David and King Solomon. Little is known about Nathan’s early life, though some Jewish sources, like Avrohom Bergstein in this article, indicate he may have studied either directly o
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Nathan was a tenth century B.C.E. Israelite prophet who lived in the time of King David. His actions are described in the Books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles (see especially, 2 Samuel 7:2-17, 12:1-25). Although only a few stories of Nathan's ministry have been preserved in the Bible, he is nevertheless a very important figure, especially because of his prophetic role as a counterbalance to the otherwise absolute rule of King David, and his decisive actions in favor of the future King Solomon.
According to the Bible, it is through Nathan that God first delivered the Messianic promise of an eternal kingdom based on David's lineal descendants. Nathan also reportedly wrote histories of the reigns of both David and Solomon (see 1 Chronicles 29:29 and 2 Chronicles 9:29). However, these works were either lost or have been partly incorporated into other Biblical books such as 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings. Nathan also may have had a s
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Book of Nathan the Prophet
Lost biblical text
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. No such text is found anywhere in the Hebrew Bible, so it is presumed to have been lost or removed from earlier texts.
Description
[edit]This text is sometimes called Nathan the Prophet or The Acts of Nathan the Prophet.[citation needed] It is distinguished from a similar text referenced in 2 Chronicles, the History of Nathan the Prophet, which may both refer to the same text.
Biblical references
[edit]The Book is described at 1 Chronicles 29:29:
"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