And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon,.... Of his being sent against it, and of his besieging it, we read in Sa2 11:1; but it can hardly be thought that he had been so long besieging…
Adam Clarke
Called - Jedidiah - ידידיה, literally, the beloved of the Lord. This is the first instance I remember of a minister of God being employed to give a name to the child of one of his servants. But it is…
Nathan, having delivered his message, staid not at court, but went home, probably to pray for David, to whom he had been preaching. God, in making use of him as an instrument to bring David to…
Cambridge Bible
he sent by the hand of Nathan, &c. Jehovah commissioned Nathan (for the phrase cp. Exo 4:13) to give the boy a second name, which he did accordingly. This is the meaning of the text as it stands: but…
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