Nathan
Nathan the Prophet is was a seer who lived in the time of King David and his wife Bathsheba.
His actions are described in the Books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles (see especially, 2 Samuel 7:2-17, 12:1-25.) Nathan wrote histories of the reigns of both David and of Solomon (see 1 Chronicles 29:29 and 2 Chronicles 9:29), and was involved in the music of the temple (see 2 Chronicles 29:25).
In 1 Kings 1:8-45 it is Nathan who tells the dying David of the plot of Adonijah to become king, resulting in Solomon's being proclaimed king instead.
The Book of Nathan the Prophet is a lost text that claims authorship by the Biblical prophet Nathan. It is described at 1Chronicles 29:29. The passage reads: "Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,"
This text is sometimes called Nathan the Prophet or The Acts of Nathan the Prophet.[1] This book is distinguished here from what may be the identical manuscript, The History of Nathan the Prophet.
The History of Nathan the Prophet is one of the Lost books of the Old Testament. It may have been written by the Biblical prophet Nathan, who may have been the author of other lost texts. The book is described in 2Chronicles 9:29. The passage reads: "Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?"
This text is distinguished here from what may be the identical manuscript, The Book of Nathan the Prophet'.
The book is found nowhere in the Old Testament, so it is presumed to have been lost or removed from the earlier texts.
It is possible that the books of Samual the Prophet , the Book of Nathan the Prophet, and the book of Gad the Seer were combined into 1st and 2nd Samuel since Samuel dies mid-way and 2nd Samuel has nothing to do with Samuel.
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