1 Kings 8:55 (GNV)

Passage

And stoode and blessed all the Congregation of Israel with a loud voyce, saying,

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:53 For thou diddest separate them to thee from among all people of the earth for an inheritance, as thou saidest by the hand of Moses thy seruant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

1 Kings 8:54 And when Salomon had made an ende of praying all this prayer and supplication vnto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees, and stretching of his handes to heauen,

1 Kings 8:55 And stoode and blessed all the Congregation of Israel with a loud voyce, saying,

1 Kings 8:56 Blessed be the Lord that hath giuen rest vnto his people Israel, according to all that hee promised: there hath not fayled one word of all his good promise which he promised by the hand of Moses his seruant.

1 Kings 8:57 The Lord our God be with vs, as he was with our fathers, that he forsake vs not, neither leaue vs,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "stoode", "blessed", "congregation", "israel", "loud", "voyce", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "stoode" and "blessed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 54's "And when Salomon had made an ende..." into verse 56's "Blessed be the Lord that hath giuen...", so "stoode" and "blessed" 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 "stoode" and "blessed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.