“When it says that Nathan, like the fat of salvation, was separated from the meat, it indicates that he was full of the grace of the Holy Spirit and that his conduct and his life were far from and foreign to those of carnal and sinful people.”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — ON ECCLESIASTICUS 10:13
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2As is the fat taken away from the peace offering, so was David chosen out of the children of Israel.
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1And after him rose up Nathan to prophesy in the time of David.
— Sirach 47:2 —
3He played with lions as with kids, and with bears as with lambs.
4Slew he not a giant, when he was yet but young? and did he not take away reproach from the people, when he lifted up his hand with the stone in the sling, and beat down the boasting of Goliath?