Reading for May 15th

Read 2 Samuel 12.16-31
In verse 20: The house of the Lord is the temple in Jerusalem, which had not yet been built.
This appears, therefore, to be anachronism.
In verse 24-25: Solomon means "his replacement."
He was a replacement for the dead child.
But his name Jedidah ("beloved of Yahweh"), which does not occur for Solomon anywhere else, hints that he will replace David (whose name means "beloved") as king.
In verse 26-29: Joab captured the citadel and the water supply of Babbah, the Ammonite capital so that David's conquest of the rest of the city was fairly simple.
In verse 30: Milcorn was the national god of the Ammonites.
A talent was about 75 pounds.
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