1 Kings 8:5 (DBY)

Passage

And king Solomon, and all the assembly of Israel that were assembled to him, [who were] with him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:3 And all the elders of Israel came; and the priests took up the ark.

1 Kings 8:4 And they brought up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent: the priests and the Levites brought them up.

1 Kings 8:5 And king Solomon, and all the assembly of Israel that were assembled to him, [who were] with him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.

1 Kings 8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim;

1 Kings 8:7 for the cherubim stretched forth [their] wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its staves above.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "king", "solomon", "assembly", "israel", "assembled", "before", and "sacrificed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "king", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "And they brought up the ark of..." into verse 6's "And the priests brought in the ark...", so "sheep" and "king" 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 "sheep" and "king" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.