Commentary for Menachot 105:20

יבא ידיד זה שלמה המלך דכתיב (שמואל ב יב, כה) וישלח ביד נתן הנביא ויקרא שמו ידידיה בעבור ה'

he began his discourse, saying, Let the Mighty One come and take vengeance for the sake of the mighty from the mighty by means of the mighty.' Let the Mighty One come' - that is, the Holy One, blessed be He, as it is written, The Lord on high is mighty.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XCIII, 4.');">²⁰</span> 'And take vengeance for the sake of the mighty' - that is, Israel, as it is written, They are the mighty ones in whom is all my delight.' From the mighty' - that is, the Egyptians, as it is written, The mighty sank like lead in the waters.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XV, 10. shsh');">²¹</span> 'By means of the mighty' - that is, the water, as it is written, Above the voices of many waters, mighty waters, breakers of the sea.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XCIII, 4.');">²⁰</span> Let the beloved<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. , which word is used in all the verses quoted.');">²²</span> the son of the beloved come and build the beloved for the Beloved in the portion of the beloved that the beloved may receive atonement therein.' Let the beloved come' - that is King Solomon, as it is written, And He sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name Jedidiah [beloved of the Lord], for the Lord's sake.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Sam. XII, 25.');">²³</span>

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