2 Samuel 12:24
And David comforted Bersabee his wife, and he went in to her, and lay with her; and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loved him.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jeddedi, for the Lord's sake.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:14And these are the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem; Sammus, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon.
1 Kings 1:10But Nathan the prophet, and Banæas, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he did not call.
1 Chronicles 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to thee, he shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.
1 Chronicles 29:1And David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom the Lord has chosen, is young and tender, and the work is great; for it is not for man, but for the Lord God.
Proverbs 4:3For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother:
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 12:16-26
David's Humiliation; Birth of Solomon. ( b. c. 1036.) 15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of… Read the whole commentary →