| Nathan | |
|---|---|
| Prince of Israel | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Natan_en_Nefeg_Nathan_Nepheg_(titel_op_object)_Liber_Chronicarum_(serietitel),_RP-P-2016-49-7-10.jpg) Nathan and his brother Nepheg surprisingly depicted by Hartmann Schedel in his book Nuremberg Chronicles (1493) | |
| Issue | Mattatha |
| House | Davidic |
| Father | David |
| Mother | Bathsheba |
| Religion | Judaism |
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] He was a younger brother of Shammuah (sometimes referred to as Shammua or Shimea) and Shobab, and Solomon who was the second oldest child of Bathsheba. The first son died before he could be named.
Nathan was the first child of Bathsheba that she was given the right to name. Her first child died as an infant before being given a name, and Shammuah and Shobab were given names by David and Nathan the prophet. Biblical writer Carl Hagensick suggests that she chose the name Nathan in honour of Nathan the prophet, her counselor.[2]
- ^ 1 Chronicles 3:5
- ^ Hagensick, Carl, “Nine Men in the Life of Bathsheba”, The Herald of Christ's Kingdom, accessed January 27, 2017.