the gift of the king, or of counsel
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
NATHAN-MELECH.An official in the reign of Josiah, whose name is used to designate one of the halls or chambers of the Temple (2Ki_23:11).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
A eunuch or chamberlain in Josiah's court, by whose chamber at the entering in of Jehovah's house, in the suburbs, were the horses sacred to the sun; these Josiah took away and burned the sun chariots with fire (2Ki_23:11).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Na'than-me'lech. (the gift of the king). A eunuch, (Authorized Version, "chamberlain"), in the court of Josiah. 2Ki_23:11. (B.C. 628).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
nā?than-mēl?ek (נתן־מלך, nethan-melekh, ?king's gift?): A Judean official, to whose chamber King Josiah removed ?the horses of the sun? (2Ki_23:11). The Septuagint calls him ?Nathan, the king's eunuch? (Ναθὰν βασιλέως τοῦ εὐνούχου, Nathán basiléōs toú eunoúchou).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Nathan-Melech
(Hebrew, Nethan' -Me'lek, נְתִןאּמֶלֶךְ, i.e., Nathan of the king; Sept. Ναθάν βασιλεύς), a eunuch (A.V. "chamberlain") in the court of Josiah, by whose chamber at the entrance to the Temple were the horses which the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun (2Ki_23:11). B.C. 628.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.