2 Samuel 12:24
in 2 Samuel 12Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. So she gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved the child
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon. And Jehovah loved him;
KJV
And David comforted Bath–sheba 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.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 12
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd David comforted Bathsheba his wife,.... Which is the first time she is so called, Uriah being dead, and David having married her; which though at first displeasing to the Lord, because the circumstances attending it, was afterwards confirmed by him. Bathsheba no doubt was very much distressed, and greatly disconsolate, on account of the sin she had committed, and because of the wrath and displeasure of God, and because of the death of the child, which was a token of it; and she might have some scruples in her mind whether it was lawful to continue cohabiting with David.
This site's exposition
the Lord loved him
on 2 Samuel 12:24-25
Bathsheba bears a son named Solomon, peaceable, and the Lord loved him, the grace side of the chapter standing beside its judgment. Nathan, the same prophet who had just pronounced the sentence, is sent to give the child a second name, Jedidiah, beloved of the Lord, which Adam Clarke calls the first instance in Scripture of a prophet naming another man's child. The two names carried by one boy hold both halves of the chapter, the household's peace after its sword and the love of God reaching the very union that began in sin. Jamieson Fausset and Brown read the Lord's love for Solomon as a mark of grace measured against the marriage's own beginning, not a verdict that erased it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
They called him Solomon--peaceful, because his birth was a token of God's being at peace with them, because of the prosperity which was entailed upon him, and because he was to be a type of Christ, the prince of peace.
His wife - Who was now much dejected, both for her former sin, and for the loss of the child. Loved him - That is, the Lord declared to David, that he loved his son, notwithstanding the just cause David had given to God to alienate his affections from him.
That God was very gracious in giving David this great success against his enemies, notwithstanding the sin he had been guilty of just at that time when he was engaged in this war, and the wicked use he had made of the sword of the children of Ammon in the murder of Uriah.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
David comforted Bath-sheba - His extraordinary attachment to this beautiful woman was the cause of all his misfortunes. He called his name Solomon - This name seems to have been given prophetically, for שלמה sholomah signifies peaceable, and there was almost uninterrupted peace during his reign.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Solomon - Or “peaceable,” a name given to him at his circumcision. Compare Luk 1:59. The giving of the name Jedidiah, by the Lord through Nathan, signified God’s favor to the child, as in the cases of Abraham, Sarah, and Israel. The name Jedidiah (which contains the same root as the name David, namely, “to love”) indicated, prophetically, what God’s Providence brought about actually, namely, the succession and glorious reign of Solomon over Israel.
The words behind it
18 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְנַחֵ֣ם | vaynachem | and he comforted | H5162 → | 108 times |
| דָּוִ֗ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | Bath- | H1339 → | 20 times |
| שֶׁ֣בַע | sheva' | -sheba | H1339 → | 20 times |
| אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ | ʾishto | wife his | H802 → | 781 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֥א | vaiyavo' | and he went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵלֶ֖יהָ | ʾeleiha | into her | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב | vaiyishkav | and he lay | H7901 → | 212 times |
| עִמָּ֑הּ | ʾimah | with her | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| וַתֵּ֣לֶד | vateled | and she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| בֵּ֗ן | ben | a son | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וַתִּקְרָ֤א | vaiyikra' | and she called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁמוֹ֙ | shemo | name his | H8034 → | 864 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | |
| וַיהוָ֖ה | vayahweh | and Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃ | ʾahevo | he loved him | H157 → | 211 times |
וַיְנַחֵ֣םand he comforted
vaynachemH5162 →108 times
דָּוִ֗דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
בַּת־Bath-
bat-H1339 →20 times
שֶׁ֣בַע-sheba
sheva'H1339 →20 times
אִשְׁתּ֔וֹwife his
ʾishtoH802 →781 times
וַיָּבֹ֥אand he went
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
אֵלֶ֖יהָinto her
ʾeleihaH413 →5510 times
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בand he lay
vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times
עִמָּ֑הּwith her
ʾimahH5973 →1050 times
וַתֵּ֣לֶדand she bore
vateledH3205 →496 times
בֵּ֗ןa son
benH1121 →4930 times
וַתִּקְרָ֤אand she called
vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׁמוֹ֙name his
shemoH8034 →864 times
שְׁלֹמֹ֔הSolomon
shelomohH8010 →
וַיהוָ֖הand Yahweh
vayahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃he loved him
ʾahevoH157 →211 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:20
Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for…
- Acts 2:30
But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
- Acts 13:36
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
- 1 Kings 2:1
As the time drew near for David to die, he charged his son Solomon,
- 1 Chronicles 17:11
And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
- 1 Kings 8:20
Through
1 Chronicles 29:1Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 22:5
And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for…
- 1 Kings 3:7
And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David’s place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.
- 1 Chronicles 22:5
Through
Matthew 1:6and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,
it leads to
- 1 Kings 15:5
For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of…
- 1 Kings 15:5
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Samuel
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.