2 Samuel 12:25
and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
Majority Standard Bible
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
26Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:12Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
2 Samuel 12:1Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
1 Kings 1:11Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?
1 Kings 4:5Azariah son of Nathan was in charge of the governors; Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king;
Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
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 →