2 Samuel 12:24-26

Good News Translation

Solomon Is Born

²⁴ Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He had intercourse with her, and she bore a son, whom David named Solomon. The Lord loved the boy ²⁵ and commanded the prophet Nathan to name the boy Jedidiah,^[a] because the Lord loved him.

David Captures Rabbah^(A)

²⁶ Meanwhile Joab continued his campaign against Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon, and was about to capture it.