2 Samuel 12:24

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ And Nathan departed to his house. And Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick. ¹⁵ After Nathan returned to his home, the Lord sent a deadly illness to the child of David and Uriah's wife. ¹⁵ And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. ¹⁵ Then Nathan went home. And the Lord caused the son of David and Bathsheba, Uriah's widow, to be very sick. ¹⁵ Then Nathan went to his home. The Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David, and the child became very ill. ¹⁵ And Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick. ¹⁵ Nathan departed to his house. Yahweh struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick. ¹⁵Then Nathan went [back] to his home. Loss of a Child And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's widow bore to David, and he was very sick. ¹⁵ Then Nathan went to his house. And the Lord afflicted the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and he became sick. ¹⁵ And Nathan turnede ayen in to his hows. And the Lord smoot the litil child, whom the wijf of Vrye childide to Dauid, and he dispeiride.

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she bare: 2 Samuel 7:12, 1 Chronicles 3:5, 1 Chronicles 22:9, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 1 Chronicles 28:5, 1 Chronicles 28:6, 1 Chronicles 29:1, Matthew 1:6

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 5:14 - Solomon 1 Kings 1:11 - Nathan 1 Kings 2:15 - for it was 1 Kings 3:3 - loved 1 Chronicles 14:4 - Solomon 1 Chronicles 17:11 - I will raise Nehemiah 13:26 - yet among Proverbs 1:1 - Solomon Proverbs 4:3 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And 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. Now David comforted her, by telling her that God had pardoned that iniquity they had been guilty of, and that he would give them another son, who should succeed him in the throne, and build an house for his name:

and went in unto her, and lay with her, as his wife:

and she bare a son; at the proper time:

and he called his name Solomon; either the Lord called him so, or David by his direction; for this name was given before his birth, 1 Chronicles 22:9; the Keri or marginal reading is, "and she called his name", c. that is, Bathsheba, who had been informed by David that this was the name the Lord would have him called by, which signifies "peaceable" and the birth of this son was a confirmation of the peace and reconciliation between God and them, and which his name carried in it; as well as pointed to the peaceable times that should be during his reign, and in which be was a type of Christ, the Prince; of peace; who is the author of peace between God and men by the blood of his cross, and from whom spiritual peace flows, and by whom eternal peace and happiness is:

and the Lord loved him; and was to him a father, and he to him a son, as was promised, 2 Samuel 7:14. This love and affection of the Lord to Solomon was signified to David by Nathan, as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Solomon - Or “peaceable,” a name given to him at his circumcision. Compare Luke 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 12:24. 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.