1 Kings 8:14 (DRB)

Passage

And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: for all the assembly of Israel stood.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:12 Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.

1 Kings 8:13 Building, I have built a house for thy dwelling, to be thy most firm throne for ever.

1 Kings 8:14 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: for all the assembly of Israel stood.

1 Kings 8:15 And Solomon said: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David, my father, and with his own hands hath accomplished it, saying:

1 Kings 8:16 Since the day that I brought my people Israel, out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel, for a house to be built, that my name might be there: but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Building I have built a house for..." into verse 15's "And Solomon said Blessed be the Lord...", so "king" and "turned" 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 "turned" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.