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Nathan: (a giver).
1. An eminent Hebrew prophet in the reigns of David and Solomon. (B.C. 1015.) He first appears in the consultation with David about the building of the temple. 2Sa 7:2,3,17 He next comes forward as the reprover of David for the sin with Bathsheba; and his famous apologue on the rich man and the ewe lamb, which is the only direct example of his prophetic power, shows it to have been of a very high order. 2Sa 12:1-12
2. A son of David; one of the four who were borne to him by Bathsheba. 1Ch 3:5 comp, 1Chr 14:4 and 2Sam 5:14
3. Son or brother of one of the members of David's guard. 2Sa 23:36; 1Ch 11:38
4. One of the head men who returned from Babylon with Ezra on his second expedition. Ezr 8:16
1 Esdr. 8:44. It is not impossible that he may be the same with the "son of Bani." Ezr 10:39
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