The land of Israel holds so much significance to 19 Kids and Counting's Jill and Derick Dillard, and that is why they decided to name their first born son Israel David.
In the Duggar Family Blog, it was revealed that even before Jill and Derick knew about their gender of their child, they already had two names picked out - Israel if the baby was a boy, and Selah if it was a girl.
Israel means "God will prevail" while Selah means "pause and reflect," and both are ideal names for a loving Christian family. The blog further shared that back in September 2011, Jill and her family travelled to Israel as part of their World Tour, and the Duggars considered it the "trip of a lifetime" because it made God's word come to life.
Two years after that trip, and just months after Jill and Derick began their courtship stage, Derick planned on proposing. Knowing just how much Israel meant to Jill, Derick passed by the place as he was headed home from Nepal and bought her engagement ring there.
Derick asked permission to marry Jill from her father Jim Bob on February 2014, and he went down on one knee and proposed to her on March 29, to which Jill answered: "Yes, totally!"
They got married on June 21 that same year and just a month into marriage, they already found out that they were expecting a baby.
Baby Dilly was born on April 6, 2015, a few weeks later than his original due date. The Dillards' first born son is quite the record-breaker, weighing nine lbs. 10 oz. (4.37 kilograms) and measuring 23 inches (58 cm) in length, making him the longest baby born at the hospital this year.
In fact, Jill and Derick even had to ask their families to go out and buy more infant clothes for Israel David because none of the onesies and diapers that had been bought for him fit!
