At the insistence of the Lord, this man was given the appellation Jedidiah after his birth.
At the insistence of the Lord, this man was given the appellation Jedidiah after his birth. He was the second child born to his parents, the first having died as an infant per the words of Nathan the prophet. The only wife of this man named in the Hebrew Bible as having borne him a child was Naamah the Ammonite. This man granted clemency to his half-brother Adonijah, but he sent Benaiah to kill (*) Joab. Benaiah was also one of this man's companions when he rode upon a mule to the spring of Gihon to be anointed by Zadok the priest. To execute a building project that his father never realized, this man imported cedars from Lebanon. In another story, two prostitutes came before this man and both claimed to be the mother of a child, so this man ordered the child to be cut in half. For 10 points, name this son and successor of King David who built a namesake temple.
At the insistence of the Lord, this man was given the appellation Jedidiah after his birth.
Solomon or Shlomo [prompt on "Koheleth," prompt on "Lemuel," prompt on "Agur," prompt on "Jakeh," prompt on "Ithiel," prompt on "Jedidiah" before mentioned]