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2 Samuel 12
Nathan tells David a parable of a rich man who took a poor man's only lamb; when David burns with anger, Nathan says, 'Thou art the man.' David confesses, 'I have sinned against the LORD.' The child dies, and Solomon is born.
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- The Biblical Family TreeBathsheba · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Biblical Family TreeSolomon · The Biblical Family TreeOpen
- The Bible Time MapSolomon · The Bible Time MapOpen
- The Bible Time MapNathan · The Bible Time MapOpen
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How sure can we be?
- Textually stated
Solomon: Linked with shalom, “peace” (1 Chronicles 22:9). Through Nathan the prophet God also named him Jedidiah, “loved by Yah”.
- Speculative
David was about 51: "I have sinned against the LORD".
Within a year of the Bathsheba events: the child had been born (2 Sam 12:14).