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Person Old Testament

Nethanel

Also known as Nethanel =ESV, NIV; Nethaneel =KJV

Nethanel was a son of Jesse and brother of King David. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 2:14.

Why it matters. Brother of David

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Nethanel

Nethanel was the fourth son of Jesse and thus a brother of King David (1Ch.2.14). He was born in Bethlehem. No other details are recorded about his life in the Bible. As a son of Jesse, he would have grown up as a shepherd alongside his brothers.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    2:14

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.