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1 Kings 8:55 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 8 · verse 55
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,1 Kings 8:55 · King James Version
1 Kings 8:55 in context
53For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God.
54And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
55And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
56Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
57The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationqâhâlassemblageH6951 →
- blessedbârakto kneelH1288 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- stoodʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
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Solomon, after his sermon in Ecclesiastes, gives us the conclusion of the whole matter; so he does here, after this long prayer; it is called his blessing the people, Kg1 8:55. He pronounced it standing, that he might be the better heard, and because he blessed as one having authority.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 54-61