Bible Person

Nathan-melech

Meaning: the gift of the king · Male · 1 cross reference

Nathan-melech is the court official named in 2 Kings 23:11. He belongs to the royal setting whose structures had become entangled with idolatrous worship before Josiah's reform. First appears in 2 Kgs 23:11.1

AI summary: Nathan-melech matters because his single cross reference helps localize one of the cultic abuses Josiah removes when purging Judah's worship. The entry shows how deeply compromised religious practice had become, reaching into royal precincts and named officials. Taken together, the material presents Nathan-melech as a court figure tied to the setting of Josiah's reform.1

Central Figure

Nathan-melech

Meaning: the gift of the king