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23 But now he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? (A)I will go to him, but (B)he will not return to me.”

Solomon Is Born

24 Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and [a](C)he named him Solomon. Now Yahweh loved him 25 and sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he named him [b]Jedidiah for the sake of Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 12:24 Some mss she
  2. 2 Samuel 12:25 Lit beloved of Yahweh