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.
Connections
No reviewed connections yet.
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)