Bible Dictionary

Jedidiah

Beloved by Jehovah, the name which, by the mouth of Nathan, the Lord gave to Solomon at his birth as a token of the divine favour (2 Sam. 12:25).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

Beloved by Jehovah, the name which, by the mouth of Nathan, the Lord gave to Solomon at his birth as a token of the divine favour (2 Sam. 12:25).

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(beloved of Jehovah), Jedid-jah (darling of Jehovah), the name bestowed, through Nathan the prophet, on David’s son Solomon.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

JEDIDI'AH (beloved of Jehovah), the name Nathan gave to Solomon. 2 Sam 12:25. It was a play on the word David, "beloved," which comes from the same root as "Jedid;" so, as the father was beloved, the child was the beloved of Jehovah.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

beloved of the Lord