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Atomic Bible
2 Samuel 12:25
Now the LORD loved the child and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.
from Solomon’s Birth, 2 Samuel 12:24-25
What it says

The LORD loves the child and sends word through Nathan that he is to be called Jedidiah.

What it is doing

This verse places the birth under a sign of divine favor.

In context

24Then 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. 25Now the LORD loved the child and sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah because the LORD loved him.