SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:2
el SEÑOR se apareció a Salomón la segunda vez, como le había aparecido en Gabaón.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 9:2
Verse 2. The Lord appeared to Solomon] The design of this appearance, which was in a dream, as that was at Gibeon, was to assure Solomon that God had accepted his service, and had taken that house for his dwelling-place, and would continue it, and establish him and his descendants upon the throne of Israel for ever, provided they served him with an upright heart; but, on the contrary, if they forsook him, he would abandon both them and his temple.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 2. That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time , etc.] Junius and Tremellius read this verse with the following, to the end of the ninth, in a parenthesis, and render this clause, “for the Lord had appeared”, etc. and Piscator translates it, “moreover the Lord appeared”, etc. as beginning a distinct narrative from the former; and indeed if the words are to be connected with the preceding, as in our version, this appearance must be thirteen years after the building of the temple, which is not probable; but rather it was the night after the dedication of it, when an answer was returned to Solomon’s prayer in the preceding chapter; for that it should be deferred twelve or thirteen years is not reasonable to suppose; and this appearance was the second of the kind and manner: as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon ; in a dream and a vision, and by night, ( 1 Kings 3:5), (see 2 Chronicles 7:12).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-9 - God warned Solomon, now he had newly built and dedicated the temple that he and his people might not be high-minded, but fear. After all the services we can perform, we stand upon the same terms with the Lor as before. Nothing can purchase for us liberty to sin, nor would the true believer desire such a licence. He would rather be chastened of the Lord, than be allowed to go on with ease and prosperity in sin.
Original Hebrew
וירא 7200 יהוה 3068 אל 413 שׁלמה 8010 שׁנית 8145 כאשׁר 834 נראה 7200 אליו 413 בגבעון׃ 1391
