1 Kings 8:62 (DRB)

Passage

And the king, and all Israel with him, offered victims before the Lord.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:60 That all the people of the earth may know, that the Lord he is God, and there is no other besides him.

1 Kings 8:61 Let our hearts also be perfect with the Lord our God, that we may walk in his statutes, and keep his commandments, as at this day.

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

1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon slew victims of peace offerings, which he sacrificed to the Lord, two and twenty thousand oxen, and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep so the king, and all the children of Israel, dedicated the temple of the Lord.

1 Kings 8:64 In that day the king sanctified the middle of the court, that was before the house of the Lord for there he offered the holocaust, and sacrifice, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the Lord, was too little to receive the holocaust, and sacrifice, and the fat of the peace offerings.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "israel", "offered", "victims", "before", and "lord". 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 our hearts also be perfect with..." into verse 63's "And Solomon slew victims of peace offerings...", 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.