2 Samuel 12:24

David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her. She bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. The LORD loved him;

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

23But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

25and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah, for the LORD’s sake.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:14These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

1 Kings 1:10but he didn’t call Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother.

1 Chronicles 22:9Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.

1 Chronicles 29:1David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

Proverbs 4:3For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child 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 →

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