2 Chronicles 7:4 (DBY)

Passage

And the king and all the people offered sacrifices before Jehovah.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house.

2 Chronicles 7:3 And all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of Jehovah upon the house, and bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshipped and thanked Jehovah: For he is good, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

2 Chronicles 7:4 And the king and all the people offered sacrifices before Jehovah.

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

2 Chronicles 7:6 And the priests stood in their charges, and the Levites with Jehovah's instruments of music, which David the king had made to praise Jehovah, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever, when David praised by their means; and the priests sounded the trumpets opposite to them, and all Israel stood.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "people", "offered", "sacrifices", "before", and "jehovah". 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 all the children of Israel saw..." into verse 5's "And king Solomon sacrificed 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.