1 Kings 8:14

Contextual Overview

¹²Then Solomon said: ¹² Then spoke Shlomo, the LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. ¹² Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. ¹² Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. ¹² Then Solomon said, "The Lord said he would live in a dark cloud. ¹² Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness. ¹²Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness [of the cloud]. ¹² Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness. ¹² Then spake Salomon, The Lord said, that he woulde dwell in the darke cloude. ¹²Then Solomon said,"Yahweh has said that He would dwell in the cloud of dense gloom.

Bible Verse Review
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blessed all: 1 Kings 8:55, 1 Kings 8:56, Joshua 22:6, 2 Samuel 6:18, 1 Chronicles 16:2, 2 Chronicles 6:3, 2 Chronicles 30:18-20, Psalms 118:26, Luke 24:50, Luke 24:51

all the congregation: 2 Chronicles 7:6, Nehemiah 8:7, Nehemiah 9:2, Matthew 13:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 33:10 - worshipped Exodus 39:43 - blessed them 2 Chronicles 31:8 - blessed Nehemiah 8:5 - stood up Nehemiah 9:5 - Stand up Isaiah 64:11 - where

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noach's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were burst open, and the sky's windows were opened.

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month—on that day all the springs of the great deep were split open, and the windows of heaven were opened.

Genesis 7:11
When Noah was six hundred years old, the flood started. On the seventeenth day of the second month of that year the underground springs split open, and the clouds in the sky poured out rain.

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month—on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.

Genesis 7:11
In the sixe hundreth yeere of Noahs life in the second moneth, the seuetenth day of the moneth, in the same day were all the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the windowes of heauen were opened,

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the great deep split open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.

Genesis 7:11
Noah was six hundred years old when the water under the earth started gushing out everywhere. The sky opened like windows, and rain poured down for forty days and nights. All this began on the seventeenth day of the second month of the year.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king turned his face about,.... He was before the altar, 1 Kings 8:22, with his face to that first, and looking towards the holy and the most holy place, filled with the cloud and glory; and now he turned himself and stood with the altar behind him, and looking to the court of the people:

and blessed all the congregation of Israel; either blessed the Lord before them, or prayed for blessings for them, or congratulated them upon the Lord's taking up his residence in the temple, which was so great an honour and favour to them:

and all the congregation of Israel stood: ready to receive the king's blessing, and in honour of him, and reverence to the divine Being. The Jews say, none might sit in the court but the kings of the house of David.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Solomon had spoken the preceding words, addressed to God, with his face directed to the holy of holies. He now turned around and looked outward toward the people. The people “stood” to hear him the attitude of respect and attention. This first blessing seems to have been without speech - an inward prayer accompanied by the ordinary gesture of blessing.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 8:14. Blessed all the congregation — Though this blessing is not particularly stated, yet we may suppose that it was such as the high priest pronounced upon the people: "The Lord bless thee, and keep thee! The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee! The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace!" (see Numbers 6:24-26,) for Solomon seems now to be acting the part of the high priest. But he may have in view more particularly the conduct of Moses, who, when he had seen that the people had done all the work of the tabernacle, as the Lord had commanded them, he blessed them, Exodus 39:43; and the conduct of his father David, who, when the ark had been brought into the city of David, and the burnt-offerings and peace-offerings completed, blessed the people in the name of the Lord, 2 Samuel 6:18.