I Never Realized Solomon Had A Nickname

 

2 Samuel 12:24-25(NKJV)

24Then David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her and lay with her. So she bore a son, and he£ called his name Solomon. Now the Lord loved him, 

25and He sent word by the hand of Nathan the prophet: So £he called his name £Jedidiah, because of the Lord.

I've read this passage many times over the years and yet I never really picked up on the fact that Solomon had a nickname.  Jedidiah.

Now the whole story of Solomon I find interesting.  Solomon came from the union of King David and Bathsheba who King David took from another man and then ended up having the other man killed to cover up what King David had done.

Think of that.  David had always been a man after God's heart and yet he did this extremely sinful thing.  And yet out of that God produces the heir to King David's throne and the continuation of the line to Jesus.

And by the way, what does Solomon's nickname, Jedidiah, mean?  Beloved of the Lord!

Now if God can love Solomon like that after all the sin that brought him into the world, just think how much God can love us when we ask forgiveness for all the sins in our past! 

And how do we get that love and forgiveness?  By simply accepting Jesus, God's son, as our Lord and Savior.  Have you done that yet?  If not there is no better time that right now.  Just ask Jesus to come into your life and take over.  "Dear Jesus…."