2 Samuel 12:23-25

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²³ But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”

Solomon Is Born

²⁴ Then David comforted his wife, Bathshe′ba, and went in to her, and lay with her; and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved him, ²⁵ and sent a message by Nathan the prophet; so he called his name Jedidi′ah,^[a] because of the Lord.