23 But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him,(A) but he will not return to me.”(B)

24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba,(C) and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon.(D) The Lord loved him; 25 and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:25 Jedidiah means loved by the Lord.

23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

24 And David comforted Bathsheba 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.

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

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