And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
The verse belongs with the record of the preceding chapter in which David made Uriah the bearer of his own death warrant to Joab, directing Joab to set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle and retire from him so he would be smitten and die, and in which Joab obeyed without hesitation though already stained with wanton murder, and Uriah fell by the sword of the children of Ammon. It stands in the record where David departed from God and yielded to the wicked one and became for the time the agent of Satan while still holding the position and authority God had given him, and where Joab, whose allegiance was to the king rather than to God, transgressed God's law because the king commanded Uriah's death. This shows that David's power was given to be exercised only in harmony with divine law and that when he commanded what was contrary to God's law it became sin to obey, claiming an obedience that would imperil the soul of the one who yielded it.
The name Jedidiah given in the verse means beloved of the Lord. The name was given because of the Lord to express, mark and signify the Lord's favor toward Solomon, who was specially honored by God with remarkable tokens of divine favor. He was thrice called beloved of God.
In his early youth Solomon was of noble character, the pride and hope of his father and tender and only beloved in the sight of his mother. He began with pure and elevated character and unexampled piety and wisdom. He began life under favorable circumstances as one beloved of God. During the first years of his reign he fulfilled the promise of his youth and of his name, for he loved God and was beloved of God.
As one who had received God's favor he was entrusted with God's work of building the temple. His later choices led him to forsake God's temple and worship idols. His later surrender to lustful passion meant he gave up the special grace God had given him, showing that a favorable beginning did not keep him from ruin when he failed to preserve virtue. He later became a humiliating wreck. His later fall into idolatry shows that being beloved and entrusted with God's work did not make him dependable when he turned from God.
The verse belongs with the record of the preceding chapter in which David made Uriah the bearer of his own death warrant to Joab, directing Joab to set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle and retire from him so he would be smitten and die, and in which Joab obeyed without hesitation though already stained with wanton murder, and Uriah fell by the sword of the children of Ammon. It stands in the record where David departed from God and yielded to the wicked one and became for the time the agent of Satan while still holding the position and authority God had given him, and where Joab, whose allegiance was to the king rather than to God, transgressed God's law because the king commanded Uriah's death. This shows that David's power was given to be exercised only in harmony with divine law and that when he commanded what was contrary to God's law it became sin to obey, claiming an obedience that would imperil the soul of the one who yielded it.
The name Jedidiah given in the verse means beloved of the Lord. The name was given because of the Lord to express, mark and signify the Lord's favor toward Solomon, who was specially honored by God with remarkable tokens of divine favor. He was thrice called beloved of God.
In his early youth Solomon was of noble character, the pride and hope of his father and tender and only beloved in the sight of his mother. He began with pure and elevated character and unexampled piety and wisdom. He began life under favorable circumstances as one beloved of God. During the first years of his reign he fulfilled the promise of his youth and of his name, for he loved God and was beloved of God.
As one who had received God's favor he was entrusted with God's work of building the temple. His later choices led him to forsake God's temple and worship idols. His later surrender to lustful passion meant he gave up the special grace God had given him, showing that a favorable beginning did not keep him from ruin when he failed to preserve virtue. He later became a humiliating wreck. His later fall into idolatry shows that being beloved and entrusted with God's work did not make him dependable when he turned from God.