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Re: OT Was King David Gay?
Learning Richard wrote:[color=blue]
> Nathan
>
> Name: Nathan
> Gender: (Male)
> Origin: Hebrew
> Meaning: Gift of God
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> Who exactly is Nathan, anyway? He was a prophet, and delivered an
> important oracle saving the Kingdom for Solomon, the bastard son of
> Bathshe'ba and himself (David had Bathshe'ba's husband Uriah was rubbed[/color]
^^^^^ I meant Bathshe'ba and David
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> out in battle through "omission of assistance")...
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> Why is there such sparse attention paid to Nathan, and where did he
> come from? Why did David trust Nathan to anoint Solomon as the next
> king?
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> Was Nathan David's Gift from God? His conscience? His "main man"?
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> See where I'm going with this?
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> We do know one thing for sure... it was Nathan who coined the popular
> phrase "YOU DA MAN" (II Samuel 12:7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art
> the man...)
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> At the very least, Nathan was indeed David's man.[/color]
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