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(Heb. Yedidah', éְãַéãָä , beloved, Septuag. É᾿åääßäá ; Josephus É᾿åäή , 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', éְãַéãðְéָä , beloved by Jehovah; Sept. É᾿åäéäÜ ), 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).