2 Samuel 12:25 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁵ and sent a message by Nathan the prophet; so he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ He sent [a message] by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and [Nathan] called the boy's [special] name Jedidiah [beloved of the Lord], because the Lord [loved the child].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, for Jehovah’s sake.

Common English Bible

²⁵ and sent word by the prophet Nathan to name him Jedidiah because of the LORD’s grace.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ And he sent, by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name, Beloved of the Lord, because the Lord loved him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name: Amiable to the Lord; because the Lord loved him.

2 Samuel 12:25 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:24

Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, 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,

2 Samuel 12:26

Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and took the royal city.

2 Samuel 7:4

But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan,

1 Kings 1:11

Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it?

1 Kings 1:23

And they told the king, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he bowed before the king, with his face to the ground.

1 Kings 1:8

But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shime-i, and Rei, and David's mighty men were not with Adonijah.

1 Kings 4:5

Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and king's friend;

1 Chronicles 22:9

Behold, a son shall be born to you; he shall be a man of peace. I will give him peace from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days.

1 Chronicles 3:5

These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shime-a, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel;

Nehemiah 13:26

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin on account of such women? Among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was beloved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless foreign women made even him to sin.

Matthew 17:5

He was still speaking, when lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.”

Matthew 3:17

and lo, a voice from heaven, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

Deuteronomy 33:12

Of Benjamin he said, “The beloved of the Lord, he dwells in safety by him; he encompasses him all the day long, and makes his dwelling between his shoulders.”