And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
Ver. 25. And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet.] Who was Solomon's educator et pedagogus, tutor and monitor to fit him for the kingdom, saith Lyra: and by whom God would comfort David, as before he had humbled him by the same Nathan.
And he called his name Jedidiah,] i.e., Beloved of the Lord. This was more than to be called, as Scipio afterwards was, Corculum, the people's sweet heart: or as Titus, Generis humani deliciae, the darling of mankind: or as Otho the emperor, Miraculum mundi, the world's wonder. David signifieth beloved: but Jedidiah, the Lord's beloved: and this,
Because of the Lord.] That is, For the Lord Christ's sake, as Junius senseth it, in whom alone Solomon was, and all the elect are, beloved of God. Matthew 3:17 Eph 1:6 Psa 127:3