Court prophet · United monarchy, c. 990 BC

Nathan in the Bible

Nathan brings David the promise of an enduring house, and later the parable of the ewe lamb that traps the king into condemning himself. He also acts decisively to have Solomon crowned.

Read the first mention — 1 Chronicles 3:5Search every form of “Nathan

Verses mentioning Nathan

43 occurrences across 40 verses in the King James Version.

  1. 1 Chronicles 3:5

    And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: Shimea: or, Shammua 2.Sam.5.14. Bathshua: or, Bathsheba 2Sam.11.13. Ammiel: or, Eliam 2.Sam.11.3.

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  2. 1 Chronicles 11:38

    Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri, the son: or, the Haggerite

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  3. 1 Chronicles 14:4

    Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

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  4. 1 Chronicles 17:1

    Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

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  5. 1 Chronicles 17:2

    Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.

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  6. 1 Chronicles 17:3

    And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

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  7. 1 Chronicles 17:15

    According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

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  8. 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 the book of Gad the seer, book: or, history: Heb. words

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  9. 2 Chronicles 9:29

    Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? book: Heb. words

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  10. 2 Chronicles 29:25

    And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. commandment of the LORD: Heb. commandment by the hand of the LORD by: Heb. by the hand of

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  11. Ezra 8:16

    Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.

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  12. Ezra 10:39

    And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

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  13. Psalms 51:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

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  14. Zechariah 12:12

    And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; every: Heb. families, families

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  15. Luke 3:31

    Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,

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