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Prophet Nathan
Prophet Nathan lived during the reigns of Kings David and Solomon. He first appears in the consultation with David about the building of the temple. He next comes forward as the reprover of David for the sin with Bathsheba, and his famous parable 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.
No man dared publicly rebuke the king, yet the thing was whispered among some, or perhaps directly revealed by God to the prophet Nathan. Nathan, despite all the danger of braving the king and perhaps being slain to preserve the secret, resolved to rebuke David's guilt. For this purpose, he appealed to David in private to decide for him a case at law. He told the king a parable of a poor man who possessed but one ewe lamb, dearly loved by him and his children. From this poor man, a rich and powerful neighbor, having many flocks, rent away the one ewe lamb, and made a feast with it.
David fell easily into the trap thus laid for him. His righteous anger was aroused against the grasping rich man who, while possessing so much, had yet stolen his neighbor's only joy. Thus the king stood self-convicted and self-judged. He, with his many wives, had taken Uriah's only treasure. Prophet Nathan flashed out upon David with a poinitng finger, "Thou art the man."
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