1 Kings 8:62 (GNV)

Passage

Then the King and all Israel with him offred sacrifice before the Lord.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:60 That all the people of ye earth may knowe, that the Lord is God, and none other.

1 Kings 8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfit with the Lord our God to walke in his statutes, and to keepe his commandements, as this day.

1 Kings 8:62 Then the King and all Israel with him offred sacrifice before the Lord.

1 Kings 8:63 And Salomon offered a sacrifice of peace offrings which he offered vnto the Lord, to wit, two and twentie thousande beeues, and an hundreth and twentie thousande sheepe: so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.

1 Kings 8:64 The same day did the King halowe the middle of the court, that was before the house of the Lord: for there he made burnt offerings, and the meate offrings, and the fat of the peace offeringes, because the brasen altar that was before the Lord, was too litle to receiue the burnt offerings, and the meate offerings, and the fat of the peace offrings.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "israel", "offred", "sacrifice", "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 your heart therefore be perfit with..." into verse 63's "And Salomon offered a sacrifice of peace...", 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.