2 Chronicles 7:4 (KJV)

Passage

Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’s house.

2 Chronicles 7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Chronicles 7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD.

2 Chronicles 7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

2 Chronicles 7:6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "people", "offered", "sacrifices", "before", and "lord". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "king" and "people", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And when all the children of Israel..." into verse 5's "And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of...", so "king" and "people" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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