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- Nathan:
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- "The prophet at the royal court in Jerusalem during the reign of David and the early years of Solomon. David consulted him regarding the building of the temple (2 Sam 7; 1 Chron 17). Later Nathan rebuked David for adultery with Bathsheba (2 Sam 12:1-25). When Adonijah sought to supplant his aged father David as king, Nathan intervened through Bathsheba to secure the succession for her son Solomon (1 Kings 1:8-53). Nathan wrote chronicles of the reign of David (1 Chron 29:29) and shared in writing the history of the reign of Solomon (2 Chron 9:29). He was associated with David and Gad the seer in arranging the musical services for the house of God (29:25)." (The New International Dictionary of the Bible, © 1987 Zondervan, pp. 691-92)