[1033 BC] Verse 24:[1] And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and (Matt. 1:6) she bare a son, and (1 Chron. 22:9) he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.
[David comforted Bath-sheba] At that time grieving, 1. On account of her sin, and the divine anger (Martyr). 2. Because the boy was dead, who appeared as the reliable bond of their hearts. 3. That David might repent, not only of the sin, but also of the marriage undertaken, and cast her away like a burning fire (Sanchez). David comforted her, 1. Urging her to acquiesce in the divine will (Menochius). 2. By a promise of a transmission of the kingdom to a son to be born of her. Thus Pineda[2] and Salian (Menochius, thus the Hebrews in Martyr). 3. Teaching that God was reconciled to them both (Martyr).
David comforted Bath-sheba; who was now much dejected, both for her former sin, which she truly repented of, as may be gathered from Proverbs 31:1-3, etc., and for the loss of that child which was very dear to her, and which might seem to be the only tie of David’s affection to her; which being now dead, she might think that David would utterly cast her off, and leave her to that shame and punishment which she had deserved.
[And, having gone in unto her] That is, into her chamber (Piscator).
Went in unto her, to wit, into her chamber or bed.
[And she called his name Solomon] Thus the mother, advised by the Prophet, called the boy; but the father called him, Jedidiah (Munster). [Others otherwise:] He, namely, David, called (by the command of God, 1 Chronicles 22:9 [Malvenda]); for the verb, יִקְרָא, he called, is masculine (Piscator, Malvenda, Lapide out of Serarius). Or, He, that is, God, called, 1 Chronicles 22 (Martyr).
[Solomon[3]] That is, man of peace;[4] either, 1. Because David was not reconciled to God. Or, 2. Because he was prosperous and blessed in all things (Lapide).
[And the Lord loved him] He went before him with His grace, and gifts; because He was intending him as the builder of the temple, and as a type of Christ (Lapide).
The Lord loved him, that is, the Lord declared to David that he loved his son, notwithstanding the just cause which David had given to God to alienate his affections from him.
Verse 25:[5] And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah (that is, Beloved of the LORD[6]), because of the LORD.
[And He sent by the hand of Nathan[7]] The same who had previously reproved, now announces blessings; lest, if another had come, men would have thought that there was some rivalry between the prophets, the latter to announce glad tidings, the former sorrowful. Some refer it to David: that he sent Solomon to be educated by Nathan; as he delivered other children to be instructed by prophets; whence they were called Cohanim in 2 Samuel 8:18[8] (Martyr). The Lord sent (or had sent [Pagnine]) by Nathan (Montanus, Vatablus). By this announcement the marriage between David and Bath-sheba was confirmed, which otherwise seemed infirm (Martyr). Others thus: he, namely, David, sent. Nathan related to David, that he was going to be loved by God; therefore, through him David sent commandment to Bath-sheba, that he should be called Jedidiah (Mariana). He, namely, David, of himself and of his own volition, called (Vatablus).
[And he called his name, amiable to the Lord, יְדִידְיָהּ] Jedidiah (thus all interpreters). It signifies, beloved of God, or by God (Lapide). For יָה/Jah is derived from יְהוָה/Jehovah (Malvenda). And so Solomon had two names; although he is not elsewhere referred to by this name (Menochius, similarly Sanchez). Thus Jacob is not often called Israel, although it is said, thou shalt not be called Jacob, but Israel, Genesis 32:28. God place many names upon Christ, Isaiah 7; 9, and elsewhere: yet hardly any of those occur in the whole Scripture. Therefore, it is to be observed, that name is often the same as thing (for example, the name of God is the same as God); thus to be named, or to be called, is the same thing as to be, as in Isaiah 62:4, thou shalt no more be called Forsaken, etc., that is, thou shalt not be forsaken: and in Isaiah 9, He shall be called (that is, shall be) counselor, etc. Thus Solomon is said to be called Jedidiah, because he was loved by God; which the matter itself certainly showed (Sanchez).
[Because the Lord loved Him (thus the Arabic, Piscator), בַּעֲב֖וּר יְהוָֽה׃] Because of Jehovah (Montanus, Pagnine, Vatablus, etc., thus Jonathan). But the Septuagint has, in the word of the Lord; that is, as God called him (Mariana). [See the things previously said on this verse.] Or, because of Jehovah; that is, the Christ; in whom Solomon was pleasing to God, and exhibited a type of His eternal kingdom (Junius).
Because of the LORD: Either because of the Lord's love to him, as the name signifies; or because the Lord commanded him to do so.
[1] Hebrew: וַיְנַחֵ֣ם דָּוִ֗ד אֵ֚ת בַּת־שֶׁ֣בַע אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶ֖יהָ וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב עִמָּ֑הּ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֗ן וַיִּקְְרָ֤א אֶת־שְׁמוֹ֙ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וַיהוָ֖ה אֲהֵבֽוֹ׃
[2] John de Pineda (1558-1637) was a Spanish Jesuit theologian and exegete, teaching philosophy and theology at Seville and Cordova. In addition to his work on Job, he composed commentaries on Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon.
[3] Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה.
[4] שָׁלֵם/shalem signifies to be complete or sound.
[5] Hebrew: ויִּשְׁלַ֗ח בְּיַד֙ נָתָ֣ן הַנָּבִ֔יא וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ יְדִ֣ידְיָ֑הּ בַּעֲב֖וּר יְהוָֽה׃ פ
[6] Hebrew: יְדִידְיָהּ.
[7] Hebrew: וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח בְּיַד֙ נָתָ֣ן.
[8] 2 Samuel 8:18: “And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers (כֹּהֲנִים/cohanim/priests/princes).”