1 Kings 8:55 (KJV)

Passage

And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:53 For 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.

1 Kings 8:54 And 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.

1 Kings 8:55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

1 Kings 8:56 Blessed 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.

1 Kings 8:57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stood", "blessed", "congregation", "israel", "loud", "voice", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stood" and "blessed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 54's "And it was so that when Solomon..." into verse 56's "Blessed be the LORD that hath given...", so "stood" and "blessed" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "stood" and "blessed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.