( 1Ki 1:11-13, 17) Whether Solomon’s half brother Adonijah knew of this oath or intent of David is not stated. David, doubtless on account of Jehovah’s promise, had previously sworn to Bath-sheba that Solomon would succeed him on the throne. After his birth Solomon next appears in the Scriptural record in the time of David’s old age. Solomon’s rule was essentially a reign of peace.Īdonijah’s Attempt to Take the Throne. These objectives the wars of David accomplished for Israel. But Jehovah’s typical kingdom was essentially of a peaceful nature and objective its wars were to clean out wickedness and those opposing Jehovah’s sovereignty, to extend Israel’s dominion to the boundaries that God had outlined, and to establish righteousness and peace. ( 1Ch 22:6-10) Not that David’s warfare was wrong. Undoubtedly the name Solomon (from a root meaning “peace”) applied in connection with the covenant that Jehovah made with David, in which he said that David, being a man who had shed much blood in warfare, would not build the house for Jehovah, as David had it in his heart to do. But this was not the name by which the child was commonly known. The name Jedidiah (meaning “Beloved of Jah”) seems to have been given as an indication to David that Jehovah had now blessed his marriage to Bath-sheba and that the fruitage thereby produced was approved by him. Jehovah had declared to David, before Solomon’s birth, that a son would be born to him and that his name would be Solomon, and that this one would build a house to His name.
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So he sent by means of Nathan the prophet and called his name Jedidiah, for the sake of Jehovah.” ( 2Sa 12:24, 25) Solomon later had three full brothers, sons of David and Bath-sheba: Shimea, Shobab, and Nathan.- 1Ch 3:5. In time she bore a son, and his name came to be called Solomon. Further, he came in to her and lay down with her. The Bible record, after reporting the death of the son born to David through his illicit relations with Bath-sheba, continues: “And David began to comfort Bath-sheba his wife. Son of King David of the line of Judah king of Israel from 1037 to 998 B.C.E.
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