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24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had sex with her. She gave birth to a son and named him Solomon.[a] The Lord loved him 25 and sent word by the prophet Nathan to name him Jedidiah[b] because of the Lord’s grace.[c]

Defeat of the Ammonites

26 Meanwhile, Joab fought the Ammonites at Rabbah and captured the royal city.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:24 Qere; Kethib he (David) named
  2. 2 Samuel 12:25 Jedidiah means Loved by the Lord.
  3. 2 Samuel 12:25 Heb uncertain; some Heb and LXX manuscripts by the Lord’s word

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