1 Kings 8:62 (ASV)

Passage

And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Jehovah.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:60 that all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah, he is God; there is none else.

1 Kings 8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

1 Kings 8:62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Jehovah.

1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered unto Jehovah, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Jehovah.

1 Kings 8:64 The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Jehovah was too little to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 61's "Let your heart therefore be perfect with..." into verse 63's "And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of...", so "king" and "israel" 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 "king" and "israel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.