2 Samuel 12:25

and He sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name Jedidiah, for the LORD'S sake.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

In Context

24And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her; and she bore a son, and called his name Solomon. And the LORD loved him;

26Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:12Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by Him; He covereth him all the day, and He dwelleth between his shoulders.

2 Samuel 12:1And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him: 'There were two men in one city: the one rich, and the other poor.

1 Kings 1:11Then Nathan spoke unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying: 'Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?

1 Kings 4:5and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; and Zabud the son of Nathan was chief minister and the king's friend;

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 →

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