Nathan [Nā'than] - he hath given.

1. The third child of David, born after he came to reign over Israel (2 Sam. 5:14; 1 Chron. 3:5; 1 Chron. 14:4).

2. The distinguished prophet during the reigns of David and Solomon, who brought home to David the enormity of his sin. What a piercing arrow from the divine bow that was - Thou art the man (2 Sam. 7:2-17; 2 Sam. 12; 1 Kings 1; 1 Chron. 17). Although the confidential adviser of King David, Nathan was unsparing in his condemnation of his monarch's sin. Nathan also wrote a history ( 2 Chron. 9:29).

3. The father of Igal, one of David's heroes (2 Sam. 23:36).

4. Father of Solomon's chief officer (1 Kings 4:5).

5. Son of Attai and father of Zabad, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chron. 2:36).

6. Brother of Joel, one of David's heroes (1 Chron. 11:38).

7. A chief man with Ezra at the brook of Ahava (Ezra 8:16).

8. A son of Bani who put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:39).

9. A chief man in Israel (Zech. 12:12).

10. An ancestor of Jesus Christ (Luke 3:31).