[Avodah] can a navi make a mistake

[Eli Turkel]

We must first distinguish between private actions of a navi and receiving a
prophecy. Obviously a Navi can make personal mistakes.

Some obvious examples: When King David wanted to build the bet hamikdash
Natan told him it was a great idea. Next morning he came and retracted and
said that G-d told him last night not to build the Temple
(why is not clear differences between Shmuel and Divrei Hayamim)

Another famous case is Yonah where he runs away for whatever reason.
As Yonah himself mentions although he prophesied the destruction of Ninveh
their teshuva overrode his nevuah. So in the end he was "wrong"

As others have pointed out it also depends on the nav's interpretation of
the nevuah and at times he is corrected.
-- 
Eli Turkel