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Nathan and Solomon
How Nathan and Solomon are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Nathan and Solomon met.
The Lord sent word through Nathan that the infant Solomon be called Jedidiah. Years later David sent Nathan with Zadok the priest to anoint Solomon king at Gihon.
he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah
2 Samuel 12:25, King James Version
let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel
1 Kings 1:34, King James Version
Where they cross: 1 Kings 1:32-39
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
2 Samuel 12:25
25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.
1 Kings 1:32-39
32And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
33The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
34And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
35Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
36And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.
37As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David.
38So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
39And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
King James Version