And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
Ver. 11. He laid not his hand,] i.e., They came off without hurt; which is reckoned as a great mercy: since no man, ordinarily, can see God and live: besides the infinite distance that is betwixt God and the greatest nobles.
And did eat and drink,] i.e., They were much cheered, and made merry in the Lord. Others sense it thus: - Though they had seen God, yet they turned again to temporal pleasures; they soon after ate and drank at that idolatrous feast of the golden calf, and rose up to play. It is set as an aggravation of Solomon's sin, that he departed from God "that appeared unto him twice." 1Ki 11:9