for Davids sake] By reason of my promise to him, 2 Samuel 7:16. See 2 Kings 13:23. thy son] Rehoboam, Chap. 12. 16, 17. we read not of any other son that Solomon had, though he had seven hundred wives, and three hundred concubines; and this son was born long before he had so many wives, Chap. 14. v. 21. See Hosea 4:10.