2 Samuel 12:25
Good News Translation
and commanded the prophet Nathan to name the boy Jedidiah, because the LORD loved him.

New Revised Standard Version
and sent a message by the prophet Nathan; so he named him Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
and sent Nathan the prophet to tell David, "The LORD will call him Jedidiah."

New American Bible
and sent the prophet Nathan to name him Jedidiah, on behalf of the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Amiable to the Lord, because the Lord loved him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Amiable to the Lord, because the Lord loved him.

Nathan

2 Samuel 12:1-14 And the Lord sent Nathan to David: and when he was come to him, he said to him: There were two men in one city, the one rich, and the other poor. . . .

2 Samuel 7:4 But it came to pass that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying:

1 Kings 1:11,23 And Nathan said to Bethsabee, the mother of Solomon: Hast thou not heard that Adonias, the son of Haggith, reigneth, and our lord David knoweth it not? . . .

Jedidiah.

Nehemiah 13:26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing: and surely among many nations, there was not a king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: and yet women of other countries brought even him to sin.

Matthew 3:17 And behold a voice from heaven saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Matthew 17:5 And as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them. And lo a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear ye him.

Context
Solomon's Birth
24And David comforted Bethsabee his wife, and went in unto her, and slept with her: and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loved him. 25And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Amiable to the Lord, because the Lord loved him.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:24
And David comforted Bethsabee his wife, and went in unto her, and slept with her: and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon, and the Lord loved him.

2 Samuel 12:26
And Joab fought against Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and laid close siege to the royal city.

1 Chronicles 3:5
And these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Simmaa, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four of Bethsabee the daughter of Ammiel.

1 Chronicles 22:9
The son, that shall be born to thee, shall be a most quiet man: for I will make him rest from all his enemies round about: and therefore he shall be called Peaceable: and I will give peace and quietness to Israel all his days.

Nehemiah 13:26
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin in this kind of thing: and surely among many nations, there was not a king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: and yet women of other countries brought even him to sin.

2 Samuel 12:24
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