Nathan

Mentioned 1052 BC to AD 26 traditional (Jones)

A son of David, by Bathsheba (2 Sam. 5:14), whose name appears in the genealogy of Mary, the mother of our Lord (Luke 3:31).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father: David
Mother: Bathsheba
Child: Mattatha
Siblings: Eliada, Eliphalet, Elishua, Elpalet, Ibhar, Japhia, Nepheg, Nogah, 6 more
Half-siblings: Absalom, Adonijah, Amnon, Daniel, Ithream, Shephatiah
Born at: Jerusalem
Tagged in: 5 verses

The 35th generation from Adam, counting Adam as the first.
Mentioned in the era of Exile and return, 586–5 BC.
Named in the same verses as Shammua, Shobab, Solomon, David, Bathsheba, Eliam, Mattatha, and Melea.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Nathan, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

likely location: Jerusalem3

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1322 BC to AD 100, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

5 tagged verses in 4 books. Select a book to read its verses.

2 Samuel1
1 Chronicles2
Zechariah1
Luke1

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Nathan 45
KJV	Nathan 44
ASV	Nathan 44

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 5 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Samuel1 verse

5:14
These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

1 Chronicles2 verses

3:5
and these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.
14:4
These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

Zechariah1 verse

12:12
The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives,

Luke1 verse

3:31
the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.