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1 Kings 9:7

1 Kings 9:7
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then will I cut off Israel out of the land I have given them,.... Suffer them to be carried captive into other lands, as the ten tribes were into Assyria, and the two tribes to Babylon; which is…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

A proverb and a by - word among all people - And so they are to the present; the unbelieving Jews, the stubborn, stiff-necked Jews, are words still in common use. They forsook the Lord, rejected his…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Kings 9:1-9

God had given a real answer to Solomon's prayer, and tokens of his acceptance of it, immediately, by the fire from heaven which consumed the sacrifices (as we find Ch2 7:1); but here we have a more…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

then will I cut off We have once more a passage very parallel to Deu 4:26; Deu 28:37; Deu 28:45; Deu 28:63, where -an astonishment, a proverb and a by-word" occurs, as here.

this house … will I cast…