John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because Jehovah loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do justice and righteousness." — 1 Kings 10:9 (ASV)
Blessed be the Lord your God
Of whom she might have better notions than when she came out of her own country:
which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel ;
loved him with a love of complacency and delight, was Jedidiah, as he called him, beloved of the Lord, and therefore he chose him and preferred him to be king before his elder brother:
because the Lord loved Israel for ever ;
to establish them as a kingdom for ever as they were, so long as obedient to him; see (2 Chronicles 9:8) ,
therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice ;
not merely for the sake of honour and glory, much less to indulge to pleasure and luxury, and still less to oppression and tyranny; but to administer justice and judgment to the people, which is the principal end of government; see (Psalms 72:1Psalms 72:2) .