Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'nathan' occurs 44 times in the standard works.

20 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'nathan' in the standard works and contain 45.5% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Sam. 7:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 12:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:22-24 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 17:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Kgs. 4:5 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 2:36 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 1:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 1:44-45 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 42 131 173
Judg. 0 1 1
1 Sam. 0 73 73
2 Sam. 13 25 38
1 Kgs. 13 2 15
2 Kgs. 1 1 2
1 Chr. 10 11 21
2 Chr. 2 1 3
Ezra 2 5 7
Neh. 0 5 5
Jer. 0 7 7
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 1 6 7
BM 0 0 0
DC 1 1 2
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 44 138 182

2 Sam. 1:4
And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

2 Sam. 1:5
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

2 Sam. 1:12
And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.

2 Sam. 1:17
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:

2 Sam. 1:22
From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

2 Sam. 1:23
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

2 Sam. 1:25
How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.

2 Sam. 1:26
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.

2 Sam. 4:4
And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

2 Sam. 5:14
And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

2 Sam. 7:2
That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

2 Sam. 7:3
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.

2 Sam. 7:4
And it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,

2 Sam. 7:17
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

2 Sam. 9:1
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

2 Sam. 9:3
And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

2 Sam. 9:6
Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

2 Sam. 9:7
And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

2 Sam. 12:1
And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 Sam. 12:5
And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

2 Sam. 12:7
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

2 Sam. 12:13
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

2 Sam. 12:15
And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick.

2 Sam. 12:25
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.

2 Sam. 15:27
The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

2 Sam. 15:36
Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear.

2 Sam. 17:17
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.

2 Sam. 17:20
And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

2 Sam. 21:12
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:

2 Sam. 21:13
And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

2 Sam. 21:14
And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land.

2 Sam. 21:21
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.

2 Sam. 23:32
Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,

2 Sam. 23:36
Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,