1 Kings 9 · Verse 9

1 Kings 9:9

And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.
1 Kings 9:9, King James Version

1 Kings 9:9 in other translations

BSBAnd others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
WEBand they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the LORD their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them, and served them. Therefore the LORD has brought all this evil on them.’”
ASVand they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath Jehovah brought all this evil upon them.
YLTand they have said, Because that they have forsaken Jehovah their God, who brought out their fathers from the land of Egypt, and they lay hold on other gods, and bow themselves to them, and serve them; therefore hath Jehovah brought in upon them all this evil.'
DARBYAnd they shall say, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have attached themselves to othergods, and have worshipped them and served them; therefore has Jehovah brought upon them all this evil.
BBEAnd their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord their God, who took their fathers out of the land of Egypt; they took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why the Lord has sent all this evil on them.
WebsterAnd they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers from the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

What does 1 Kings 9:9 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 9:1-9

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 Lord 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.

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1 Kings 9:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאָמְר֗וּve.'a.me.Ruand they will sayH559
עַל֩'alonH5921
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherthatH834
עָזְב֜וּ'a.ze.Vuthey forsookH5800
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֗ם'e.lo.hei.HemGod theirH430
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhoH834
הוֹצִ֣יאho.Tzi'he brought outH3318
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֲבֹתָם֮'a.vo.Tamancestors theirH1
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרַיִם֒mitz.ra.YimEgyptH4714
וַֽיַּחֲזִ֙קוּ֙vai.ya.cha.Zi.kuand they took holdH2388
בֵּאלֹהִ֣יםbe.lo.Himon godsH430
אֲחֵרִ֔ים'a.che.RimotherH312
וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּvai.yish.ta.chuand they bowed downH7812
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemto them
וַיַּעַבְדֻ֑םvai.ya.'av.Dumand they served themH5647
עַל\־'al-there-H5921
כֵּ֗ןKen-foreH3651
הֵבִ֤יאhe.Vi'he has broughtH935
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921
אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָרָעָ֖הha.ra.'Ahthe calamityH7451
הַזֹּֽאת\׃\ \פha.Zot<the> thisH2063

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 9:9

  • Jeremiah 2:19

    Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

  • Jeremiah 5:19

    And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

  • Jeremiah 2:10-13

    For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:22

    And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

  • Deuteronomy 29:25-28

    Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

  • Zephaniah 1:4-5

    I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the Lord, and that swear by Malcham;

  • Jeremiah 16:10-13

    And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God? Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the Lord, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.

  • Jeremiah 12:7-8

    I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.

  • Lamentations 2:16-17

    All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. The Lord hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

  • Lamentations 4:13-15

    For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.

  • Ezekiel 36:17-20

    Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land.

  • Jeremiah 50:7

    All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the Lord, the habitation of justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

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Because.
De 29:25-28; 2Ch 7:22; Jer 2:10-13,19; 5:19; 16:10-13; 50:7
La 2:16,17; 4:13-15; Eze 36:17-20; Zep 1:4,5
therefore.
Jer 12:7,8

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Context

  • 1 Kings 9:8

    And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?

  • 1 Kings 9:9

    And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil.

  • 1 Kings 9:10

    And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king’s house,

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1 Kings 9:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dirán: Por cuanto dejaron á Jehová su Dios, que había sacado á sus padres de tierra de Egipto, y echaron mano á dioses ajenos, y los adoraron, y los sirvieron: por eso ha traído Jehová sobre ellos todo aqueste mal.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et on dira: Parce qu’ils ont abandonné l’ Éternel, leur Dieu, qui fit sortir leurs pères du pays d’Égypte, et qu’ils se sont attachés à d’autres dieux, et se sont prosternés devant eux et les ont servis: c’est pourquoi l’ Éternel a fait venir sur eux tout ce mal.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und man wird sagen: Darum, daß sie Jehova, ihren Gott, der ihre Väter aus dem Lande Ägypten herausgeführt hat, verlassen und andere Götter angenommen und sich vor ihnen niedergebeugt und ihnen gedient haben: darum hat Jehova all dieses Unglück über sie gebracht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et respondebunt: Quia dereliquerunt Dominum Deum suum, qui eduxit patres eorum de terra Ægypti, et secuti sunt deos alienos, et adoraverunt eos, et coluerunt eos: idcirco induxit Dominus super eos omne malum hoc.