SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:9
Y dirán: Por cuanto dejaron al SEÑOR su Dios, que había sacado a sus padres de tierra de Egipto, y echaron mano a los dioses ajenos, y los adoraron, y los sirvieron; por eso ha traído el SEÑOR sobre ellos todo este mal.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 9:9
Verse 9. Have taken hold upon other gods] When an indigent person claims the protection of a superior, he casts himself down before him, and lays hold of his feet; and this expression is frequently used when there is no prostration: I have taken hold of thy feet. When a person is called into the presence of the Burman monarch, he is said to go to the golden foot. - WARD'S Customs.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 9. And they shall answer , etc.] Who were left in the land when others were carried captive, as were some by Nebuchadnezzar, and who were capable of making the following answer: because they forsook the Lord ; the worship of the Lord their God, as the Targum: who brought forth their fathers out of the land Egypt ; which is observed as an aggravation of their sin: and have taken hold upon other gods : the gods of the people, as the Targum; of the Gentiles, who knew not the true God: and have worshipped them, and served them : even idols of gold and silver, wood and stone; an instance of judicial blindness they were left unto, who had been favoured with a revelation from God: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil ; their idolatry was the cause of it, than which nothing is more provoking to God.
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
ואמרו 559 על 5921 אשׁר 834 עזבו 5800 את 853 יהוה 3068 אלהיהם 430 אשׁר 834 הוציא 3318 את 853 אבתם 1 מארץ 776 מצרים 4714 ויחזקו 2388 באלהים 430 אחרים 312 וישׁתחו 7812 להם ויעבדם 5647 על 5921 כן 3651 הביא 935 יהוה 3068 עליהם 5921 את 853 כל 3605 הרעה 7451 הזאת׃ 2063
