2 Samuel 12:25
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Yedideyah in behalf of the Lord.
Leeser Tanakh
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
26And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of 'Ammon, and captured the royal city.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:12And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord [is he], he shall dwell in safety by him: he will shield him all the day long, and between his shoulders will he dwell.
2 Samuel 12:1And the Lord sent Nathan unto David, and he came unto him and said to him, Two men were once in one city, the one rich and the other poor.
1 Kings 1:11And Nathan spoke unto Bath-sheba' the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adoniyah the son of Chaggith is become king, and [that] David our lord knoweth it not?
1 Kings 4:5And Azaryahu the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was an officer of state 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 →