22 He answered, “While the baby was alive, I fasted and wept because I thought, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let him live.’(A) 23 But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I’ll go to him, but he will never return to me.”(B)

The Birth of Solomon

24 Then David comforted(C) his wife Bathsheba; he went to her and slept with her. She gave birth to a son and named[a] him Solomon.[b](D) The Lord loved him,

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Footnotes

  1. 12:24 Alt Hb tradition reads he named
  2. 12:24 In Hb, the name Solomon sounds like “peace.”

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