Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Samuel 12:25
Jedidiah — That is, beloved of the Lord. Because — Either, because of the Lord's love to him, or because the Lord commanded him to do so.
Jedidiah — That is, beloved of the Lord. Because — Either, because of the Lord's love to him, or because the Lord commanded him to do so.
Verse 2 Samuel 12:25. _CALLED - JEDIDIAH_] ידידיה, literally, _the beloved of the_ _Lord_. This is the first instance I remember of a minister of God being employed to give a name to the child of one...
2. THE MESSAGE OF GOD AND DAVID'S CONFESSION AND THE BEGINNING OF THE CHASTISEMENT CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The Lord's message through Nathan (2 Samuel 12:1)_ 2. David's anger (2 Samuel 12:5) 3. Thou art t...
2 SAMUEL 12. DAVID'S REPENTANCE. CAPTURE OF RABBAH (J). The section concerning Nathan (2 Samuel 12:1_ a_) is sometimes regarded as a later addition by some one who was anxious to point out and emphasi...
HE: i.e. Jehovah, by the hand of Nathan, in contrast with Bath-sheba. See note on 2 Samuel 12:24. JEDIDIAH. beloved of Jah. See note on Psalms 127:2. BECAUSE OF THE LORD. for Jehovah's sake....
The birth of Solomon 24. _he called his name Solomon_ The name was given at the time of circumcision (Luke 1:59; Luke 2:21). The Hebrew form of the name is _Shĕlômôh_, the Sept. Salômôn, which by the...
_he sent by the hand of Nathan_, &c. Jehovah commissioned Nathan (for the phrase cp. Exodus 4:13) to give the boy a second name, which he did accordingly. This is the meaning of the text as it stands:...
_The Birth of Solomon._ 2 Samuel 12:24-25 24 And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him...
_AND HE SENT BY THE HAND OF NATHAN THE PROPHET; AND HE CALLED HIS NAME JEDIDIAH BECAUSE OF THE LORD_ _ AND HE SENT BY THE HAND OF NATHAN THE PROPHET; AND HE CALLED HIS NAME JEDIDIAH, BECAUSE OF THE LO...
12:25 Jedidiah, (c-16) Meaning, 'beloved of Jehovah.'...
DAVID'S REPENTANCE AND PARDON. THE CAPTURE OF RABBAH 4. To dress for the wayfaring man] We may notice Eastern ideas of hospitality: cp. Genesis 18:3....
JEDIDIAH] 'Beloved of Jehovah.' It is curious that this name should have been laid aside in favour of his other name, Solomon....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 12 NATHAN’S MESSAGE TO DAVID V1 The *Lord sent Nathan to David. Nathan went to David and he said, ‘Two men lived in a city. One ma...
JEDIDIAH. — It does not appear that this name (_beloved of the Lord_) was intended to do more than express the Divine acceptance of Solomon; and it never came into use as a personal title....
וַ יִּשְׁלַ֗ח בְּ יַד֙ נָתָ֣ן הַ נָּבִ֔יא
CHAPTER XVI. _ PENITENCE AND CHASTISEMENT._ 2 Samuel 12:13. WHEN Nathan ended his message, plainly and strongly though he had spoken, David indicated no irritation, made no complaint against the pro...
ACCEPTING THE LORD'S JUDGMENT 2 Samuel 12:15 When Nathan had gone, David beat out his brief confession into Psalms 51:1. He knew that he was clean, because purged with hyssop, Exodus 12:22; that he w...
A year passed away. The child of Bathsheba was born. We can imagine what that year had been to David. Bathsheba, whom in all probability he truly loved, was with him as his wife; but it is inevitable...
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the (p) prophet; and (q) he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. (p) To call him Solomon. (q) Meaning, David....
Amiable to the Lord. Or beloved of the Lord. In Hebrew, Yedideya. (Challoner) --- Loved him, is not expressed in Hebrew, "because of the Lord." (Haydock) --- Theodotion, "in the word, or agreeably to,...
(24) And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. (25) And he sent by the hand of Nathan...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 11, 12, AND 13. The history of David and the wife of Uriah follows. David is no longer acting by faith in God's service. When the time comes at which kings go...
AND HE SENT BY THE HAND OF NATHAN THE PROPHET,.... Either David did; he sent by him to Bathsheba, to acquaint her with the name of the child, that it was to be Solomon; which is not so likely: or "he,...
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. Ver. 25. _And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet._] Who was Solomon's _educator et pedagogu...
_And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife_ Who, no doubt, was deeply afflicted for the loss of her child, and dejected for her sin. It is observable, however, that there is not one word said to her in...
1 Nathans parable of the Ewe lambe, causeth Dauid to be his owne Iudge. 7 Dauid, reproued by Nathan, confesseth his sinne and is pardoned. 15 Dauid mourneth and prayeth for the childe, while it liue...
The Death of David's Child...
And He, the Lord, SENT BY THE HAND OF NATHAN, THE PROPHET, as His official representative in this case; AND HE CALLED HIS NAME JEDIDIAH (beloved of the lord), BECAUSE OF THE LORD. All this points forw...
David did not immediately confess his sin to God, andPsalms 32:3 shows that the Lord waited for some time at least before sending the prophet Nathan to him, likely over nine months, for a son had been...
JEDIDIAH: that is, Beloved of the Lord...
15-25 David now penned the 51st Psalm, in which, though he had been assured that his sin was pardoned, he prays earnestly for pardon, and greatly laments his sin. He was willing to bear the shame of...
Either because of the Lord's love to him, as the name signifies; or because the Lord commanded him to do so....
2 Samuel 12:25 sent H7971 (H8799) hand H3027 Nathan H5416 prophet H5030 called H7121 (H8799) name H8034 Jedidia
CONTENTS: David's rebuke and repentance. Birth of Solomon. Ammonite victory. CHARACTERS: God, David, Nathan, Bathsheba, Joab. CONCLUSION: If the believer, brought face to face with his sins sincerel...
2 Samuel 12:1. _The Lord sent Nathan to David._ The substance of the mission, the visitations he foretold, the perfect accomplishment of them, as well from that very day as in future ages, leaves not...
_The child also that is born unto thee shall surely die._ GREAT TROUBLES FOLLOWING GREAT TRANSGRESSIONS David became a backslider. Men sometimes speak, not of David’s great sins, but of his great sin...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 12:24 1 Chronicles 3:5 suggests that SOLOMON was the fourth son of David by Bathsheba. The line promised to David will continue
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 12:14. “THE ENEMIES OF THE LORD TO BLASPHEME.” “Transgression of God’s command by the king himself must lead the heathen to heap shame and reproach on Israel a...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 12:1 JEHOVAH SENT NATHAN UNTO DAVID. Though David had remained unrepentant for nearly a year, for we read in 2 Samuel 12:14 that the child was born, yet we are not to suppose that...
David thought that things were just going great until the prophet Nathan came to him. Nathan said to David, There is a man in your kingdom who is very wealthy, had many herds, many flocks many servant...
1 Kings 1:11; 1 Kings 1:23; 2 Samuel 12:1; 2 Samuel 7:4; Matthew 17:5