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2 Samuel 12:23-25
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 12:23-25
English Standard Version
23 But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, (A)but he will not return to me.”
Solomon's Birth
24 Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her, and (B)she bore a son, and he called his name (C)Solomon. And the Lord loved him 25 and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah,[a] because of the Lord.
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- 2 Samuel 12:25 Jedidiah means beloved of the Lord
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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