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and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
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and sent word through Nathan the prophet
Nathan the prophet plays a significant role in the life of King David, serving as a divine messenger. His involvement underscores the importance of prophetic authority in Israel, where prophets often acted as intermediaries between God and the king. Nathan previously confronted David about his sin with Bathsheba (2 Samuel 12:1-14), demonstrating his role in holding the king accountable. This phrase highlights the continued communication between God and David through Nathan, emphasizing the prophet's role in delivering God's messages and instructions.

to name him Jedidiah
The name "Jedidiah" means "beloved of the LORD." This naming is significant as it reflects God's favor and love towards Solomon, despite the circumstances of his birth. In the ancient Near Eastern culture, names held profound significance, often reflecting one's destiny or divine purpose. The naming by God through Nathan indicates a divine endorsement and a special relationship between Solomon and God. This act can be seen as a foreshadowing of Solomon's future role as king and builder of the temple, a task that David was not permitted to complete (1 Chronicles 22:9-10).

because the LORD loved him
This phrase emphasizes God's grace and favor towards Solomon, despite the sin associated with his parents' union. It reflects the theme of divine love and election, where God chooses individuals for specific purposes regardless of their background. This love is a precursor to Solomon's future wisdom and prosperity as king (1 Kings 3:5-14). It also connects to the broader biblical narrative of God's covenantal love for His people, which is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who is also called "beloved" (Matthew 3:17). Solomon's role as a wise king and temple builder serves as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate King and builder of the spiritual temple, the Church.

Persons / Places / Events
1. David
The King of Israel, a man after God's own heart, who had sinned with Bathsheba but repented.

2. Bathsheba
The wife of Uriah, who became David's wife and the mother of Solomon.

3. Solomon
The son of David and Bathsheba, who would later become king and is known for his wisdom.

4. Nathan the Prophet
A prophet in the court of King David, who conveyed God's messages to David, including the naming of Solomon as Jedidiah.

5. Jedidiah
A name given to Solomon by God through Nathan, meaning "beloved of the LORD."
Teaching Points
God's Sovereign Choice
Despite human failures, God's plans prevail. Solomon's birth and naming as Jedidiah demonstrate God's sovereign choice and love.

Repentance and Restoration
David's repentance led to restoration and blessing. God can bring good out of our failures when we turn back to Him.

Divine Love and Purpose
The name Jedidiah signifies God's love and purpose. We are reminded that God has a unique purpose for each of us, rooted in His love.

Prophetic Confirmation
Nathan's role highlights the importance of prophetic voices in confirming God's will. We should seek and heed godly counsel.

Legacy and Influence
Solomon's life and reign were marked by wisdom and peace, showing how God's love and purpose can influence generations.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does the naming of Solomon as Jedidiah reflect God's grace and forgiveness in David's life?

2. In what ways can we see God's sovereign plan at work in our own lives, even amidst our failures?

3. How can we seek and recognize prophetic voices or godly counsel in our decision-making processes today?

4. What steps can we take to ensure that our legacy is one of wisdom and peace, like Solomon's?

5. How does understanding God's love and purpose for us, as seen in the name Jedidiah, impact our daily walk with Him?
Connections to Other Scriptures
1 Chronicles 22:9-10
This passage speaks of Solomon as a man of peace and rest, whom God chose to build His house, connecting to the divine favor and purpose in Solomon's life.

1 Kings 3:5-14
Solomon's request for wisdom and God's granting of it, showing the fulfillment of God's love and purpose for him.

Psalm 127:1
Attributed to Solomon, this Psalm reflects the understanding that success and legacy come from the Lord, aligning with the divine favor indicated by the name Jedidiah.
Sermons
Divine Correction Consistent with Divine ForgivenessEssex Remembrancer2 Samuel 12:14-25
Forgiveness not ImpunitySamuel Cox, D. D.2 Samuel 12:14-25
Great Troubles Following Great TransgressionsC. Vince.2 Samuel 12:14-25
Sin and its ConsequencesThe Thinker2 Samuel 12:14-25
Sin PenaltiesHomiletic Magazine2 Samuel 12:14-25
The Stripes of the Children of MenF. B. Meyer, B. A.2 Samuel 12:14-25
The Birth of SolomonB. Dale 2 Samuel 12:24, 25
People
Ammonites, Bathsheba, David, Jedidiah, Joab, Milcom, Nathan, Saul, Solomon, Uriah, Urijah
Places
Jerusalem, Rabbah
Topics
Calleth, Jedidiah, Jedidi'ah, Lord's, Message, Named, Nathan, Prophet, Sake
Dictionary of Bible Themes
2 Samuel 12:25

     5408   messenger
     5630   work, divine and human

2 Samuel 12:13-25

     5652   babies

2 Samuel 12:24-25

     1085   God, love of
     7773   prophets, role

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David and Nathan
'And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin.'--2 SAMUEL xii. 13. We ought to be very thankful that Scripture never conceals the faults of its noblest men. High among the highest of them stands the poet- king. Whoever, for nearly three thousand years, has wished to express the emotions of trust in God, longing after purity, aspiration, and rapture of devotion, has found that his words have been before him. And this man …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Thou Art the Man
'And David said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die; because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.'--2 SAMUEL xii. 5-7. Nathan's apologue, so tenderly beautiful, takes the poet-king on the most susceptible side of his character. All his history shows him as a man of wonderfully sweet, chivalrous, generous, swiftly compassionate nature. And so, when he hears the story of a mean, heartless selfishness, …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Letter vi. In My Last Two Letters I have Given the State of the Argument as It...
My dear friend, In my last two Letters I have given the state of the argument as it would stand between a Christian, thinking as I do, and a serious well-disposed Deist. I will now endeavour to state the argument, as between the former and the advocates for the popular belief,--such of them, I mean, as are competent to deliver a dispassionate judgment in the cause. And again, more particularly, I mean the learned and reflecting part of them, who are influenced to the retention of the prevailing …
Samuel Taylor Coleridge—Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit etc

The Blessings of Noah Upon Shem and Japheth. (Gen. Ix. 18-27. )
Ver. 20. "And Noah began and became an husbandman, and planted vineyards."--This does not imply that Noah was the first who began to till the ground, and, more especially, to cultivate the vine; for Cain, too, was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iv. 2. The sense rather is, that Noah, after the flood, again took up this calling. Moreover, the remark has not an independent import; it serves only to prepare the way for the communication of the subsequent account of Noah's drunkenness. By this remark, …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament

Cleansing.
As there are conditions requiring to be complied with in order to the obtaining of salvation, before one can be justified, e. g., conviction of sin, repentance, faith; so there are conditions for full salvation, for being "filled with the Holy Ghost." Conviction of our need is one, conviction of the existence of the blessing is another; but these have been already dealt with. "Cleansing" is another; before one can be filled with the Holy Ghost, one's heart must be "cleansed." "Giving them the Holy …
John MacNeil—The Spirit-Filled Life

That the Ruler Should not Set his Heart on Pleasing Men, and yet Should Give Heed to what Ought to Please Them.
Meanwhile it is also necessary for the ruler to keep wary watch, lest the lust of pleasing men assail him; lest, when he studiously penetrates the things that are within, and providently supplies the things that are without, he seek to be beloved of those that are under him more than truth; lest, while, supported by his good deeds, he seems not to belong to the world, self-love estrange him from his Maker. For he is the Redeemer's enemy who through the good works which he does covets being loved …
Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great

The Unchangeableness of God
The next attribute is God's unchangeableness. I am Jehovah, I change not.' Mal 3:3. I. God is unchangeable in his nature. II. In his decree. I. Unchangeable in his nature. 1. There is no eclipse of his brightness. 2. No period put to his being. [1] No eclipse of his brightness. His essence shines with a fixed lustre. With whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.' James 1:17. Thou art the same.' Psa 102:27. All created things are full of vicissitudes. Princes and emperors are subject to …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity

How the Poor and the Rich Should be Admonished.
(Admonition 3.) Differently to be admonished are the poor and the rich: for to the former we ought to offer the solace of comfort against tribulation, but in the latter to induce fear as against elation. For to the poor one it is said by the Lord through the prophet, Fear not, for thou shalt not be confounded (Isai. liv. 4). And not long after, soothing her, He says, O thou poor little one, tossed with tempest (Ibid. 11). And again He comforts her, saying, I have chosen thee in the furnace of …
Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great

Of Antichrist, and his Ruin: and of the Slaying the Witnesses.
BY JOHN BUNYAN PREFATORY REMARKS BY THE EDITOR This important treatise was prepared for the press, and left by the author, at his decease, to the care of his surviving friend for publication. It first appeared in a collection of his works in folio, 1692; and although a subject of universal interest; most admirably elucidated; no edition has been published in a separate form. Antichrist has agitated the Christian world from the earliest ages; and his craft has been to mislead the thoughtless, by …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

Thirdly, for Thy Actions.
1. Do no evil, though thou mightest; for God will not suffer the least sin, without bitter repentance, to escape unpunished. Leave not undone any good that thou canst. But do nothing without a calling, nor anything in thy calling, till thou hast first taken counsel at God's word (1 Sam. xxx. 8) of its lawfulness, and pray for his blessings upon thy endeavour; and then do it in the name of God, with cheerfulness of heart, committing the success to him, in whose power it is to bless with his grace …
Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety

The Preparatory Service; Sometimes Called the Confessional Service.
In our examination of the nature and meaning of the Lord's Supper, we have found that it is indeed a most important and holy Sacrament. It is in fact the most sacred of all the ordinances of the Church on earth. There is nothing beyond it--nothing so heavenly, on this side heaven, as this Feast. Nowhere else does the believer approach so near to heaven as when he stands or kneels, as a communicant at this altar, the Holy of Holies in the Church of Christ. What a solemn act! To approach this altar, …
G. H. Gerberding—The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church

The Right Understanding of the Law
Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.' Exod 20: 3. Before I come to the commandments, I shall answer questions, and lay down rules respecting the moral law. What is the difference between the moral laud and the gospel? (1) The law requires that we worship God as our Creator; the gospel, that we worship him in and through Christ. God in Christ is propitious; out of him we may see God's power, justice, and holiness: in him we see his mercy displayed. (2) The moral law requires obedience, but gives …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments

The Sixth Commandment
Thou shalt not kill.' Exod 20: 13. In this commandment is a sin forbidden, which is murder, Thou shalt not kill,' and a duty implied, which is, to preserve our own life, and the life of others. The sin forbidden is murder: Thou shalt not kill.' Here two things are to be understood, the not injuring another, nor ourselves. I. The not injuring another. [1] We must not injure another in his name. A good name is a precious balsam.' It is a great cruelty to murder a man in his name. We injure others in …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments

The Eighth Commandment
Thou shalt not steal.' Exod 20: 15. AS the holiness of God sets him against uncleanness, in the command Thou shalt not commit adultery;' so the justice of God sets him against rapine and robbery, in the command, Thou shalt not steal.' The thing forbidden in this commandment, is meddling with another man's property. The civil lawyers define furtum, stealth or theft to be the laying hands unjustly on that which is another's;' the invading another's right. I. The causes of theft. [1] The internal causes …
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments

Samuel
Alike from the literary and the historical point of view, the book[1] of Samuel stands midway between the book of Judges and the book of Kings. As we have already seen, the Deuteronomic book of Judges in all probability ran into Samuel and ended in ch. xii.; while the story of David, begun in Samuel, embraces the first two chapters of the first book of Kings. The book of Samuel is not very happily named, as much of it is devoted to Saul and the greater part to David; yet it is not altogether inappropriate, …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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