Jedidah
Jedi'dah (Heb. Yedidah', ידַידָה, beloved, Septuag. Ι᾿εδδίδα; Josephus Ι᾿εδή, Ant. 11:4, 1), daughter of Adaiah of Boskath and mother of king Josiah, consequently wife of king Amon, whom she appears to have survived (2Ki 22:1). Her character may be inferred from the piety of her son. B.C. 648-639. Jedidi'ah (Heb. Yedideyah', ידַידניָה, beloved by Jehovah; Sept. Ι᾿εδιδά), the name specially given by the Lord to SOLOMON SEE SOLOMON (q.v.) at his birth, through Nathan, in token of the divine favor purposed towards him (2Sa 12:25).
