The name the Lord gave to Solomon; meaning beloved of the Lord. (2 Sam. x2: 24 25.)
Beloved of the Lord, a name given to Solomon at his birth, by Nathan the prophet, 2Sa 12:25 .\par
Jedidi’ah. (beloved of Jehovah). Jedidi’ah or Jedid-jah. (darling of Jehovah). The name bestowed, through Nathan, the prophet, on David’s son Solomon. 2Sa 12:25.
Jedid-Jah, ("darling of Jehovah"), name given by God through Nathan the prophet to Solomon (2Sa 12:25) combining David’s own name (Jedid akin to David "beloved") and Jehovah’s; a pledge of David’s restoration to God’s favor after his fall in the matter of Bathsheba, implying the union of the earthly and the heavenly king. David himself had first given him the name Solomon "the man of peace," because he regarded his birth as a token of his restored peace with God, and also of God’S promise to give peace and rest to Israel in his days (2Ch 22:9). God commissioned Nathan, and Nathan called his name Jedidiah "because of Jehovah," i.e. because Jehovah loved him; the fact of Jehovah’s love (in contrast to the firstborn child, the fruit of sin, therefore taken away in God’s just displeasure), not the mere name, was the object of the commission. Jedidiah was not therefore his ordinary name, but Solomon. The practice still exists in the East of giving a second name, indicative of relation to God, besides the birth name.
[Jedidi’ah]
Symbolical name, signifying ’Beloved of Jehovah,’ given by God to Solomon, when an infant. 2Sa 12:25. This, following on the great sin of David with Bathsheba, is a remarkable instance of how grace can abound over sin.