2 Samuel 12:24-27

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²⁴Then David comforted Bathsheba; and when he slept with her, she conceived and gave birth to a son and named him Solomon. And the Lord loved the baby, ²⁵and sent congratulations^[a] and blessings through Nathan the prophet. David nicknamed the baby Jedidiah (meaning, “Beloved of Jehovah”) because of the Lord’s interest. ^26-27Meanwhile Joab and the Israeli army were successfully ending their siege of Rabbah the capital of Ammon. Joab sent messengers to tell David, “Rabbah and its beautiful harbor are ours!^[b]

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 12:25 and sent congratulations, literally, “Jehovah sent word by Nathan the prophet.” because of the Lord’s interest, literally, “because of the Lord.”
2 Samuel 12:26 Rabbah and its beautiful harbor are ours, or “I have taken the City of Waters.”