2Sa 12:25 | KingComments | STEP | When David is restored, he is able to comfort Bathsheba. Only now does God’s Word speak about Bathsheba as David’s wife. They have a son. David calls him “Solomon” which means “peaceful” or “man of peace”. He becomes the first-born, the successor of David. In the first book of Chronicles this son is announced and it is told to him how his name will be ( ). This is in accordance to that book, because in it God writes history from the point of view of His advice and not from the point of view of man’s responsibility as here. God will be a Father to this son, and Solomon will be His son. Thus Solomon is a picture of the Lord Jesus. Hence we read here: “The LORD loved him.” Again the LORD sends His prophet Nathan with a message to David. This time the message again contains an encouragement. Nathan must tell David which name Solomon gets from the LORD. His name must be “Jedidiah”, which means “beloved of the LORD”. This is a small star that shines in the scene of adultery and murder. It is the light in the darkness of sin. In him we find, as it were, the history of the house of David concentrated.

‏ 2 Samuel 12:25

Birth of Solomon

When David is restored, he is able to comfort Bathsheba. Only now does God’s Word speak about Bathsheba as David’s wife. They have a son. David calls him “Solomon” which means “peaceful” or “man of peace”. He becomes the first-born, the successor of David. In the first book of Chronicles this son is announced and it is told to him how his name will be (1Chr 22:9-10). This is in accordance to that book, because in it God writes history from the point of view of His advice and not from the point of view of man’s responsibility as here. God will be a Father to this son, and Solomon will be His son. Thus Solomon is a picture of the Lord Jesus. Hence we read here: “The LORD loved him.”

Again the LORD sends His prophet Nathan with a message to David. This time the message again contains an encouragement. Nathan must tell David which name Solomon gets from the LORD. His name must be “Jedidiah”, which means “beloved of the LORD”. This is a small star that shines in the scene of adultery and murder. It is the light in the darkness of sin. In him we find, as it were, the history of the house of David concentrated.