²⁴Then David comforted^b his wife Bathsheba; he went to her and slept with her. She gave birth to a son and named^A him Solomon.^B^c The Lord loved him, ²⁵and he sent a message through the prophet Nathan, who named^C him Jedidiah,^D because of the Lord.

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Footnotes

A tradition reads he named
BIn , the name Solomon sounds like “peace.”
COr prophet to name
D Beloved of the Lord

Cross references

b Gn 37:35; Ps 23:4; 119:76,82
c 1Ch 22:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved him and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him; and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then David comforted Bathsheba, his wife, and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. The Lord loved the child and sent word through Nathan the prophet that they should name him Jedidiah (which means “beloved of the Lord”), as the Lord had commanded.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

David consoled Bathsheba his wife, and he went to her and slept with her. She bore a son, and he called him Solomon, and Yahweh loved him. He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet, so he called him Jedidiah because of Yahweh.

KJV 1900King 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. And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.

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