Gregory the Dialogist

As if he were saying: From those things which you have seen, gather how terribly you ought to fear almighty God, and how devoutly you ought always to serve Him. Which words indeed, if we wish to apply them to ourselves, we must fear God all the more reverently and serve Him all the more devoutly, the more wonderful things we have perceived in our Redeemer. But because what the good hear, the wicked boldly despise, he added, saying: But if you persist in wickedness, both you and your king alike shall perish.

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 2 ↗