1 Kings 8:55 (LSB)

Passage

And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:53 For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke by the hand of Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord Yahweh.”

1 Kings 8:54 Now it happened that when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven.

1 Kings 8:55 And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

1 Kings 8:56 “Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one promise has failed of all His good promises, which He promised by the hand of Moses His servant.

1 Kings 8:57 May Yahweh our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not forsake us or abandon us,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 54's "Now it happened that when Solomon had..." into verse 56's "Blessed be Yahweh who has given rest...", so "stood" 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 "stood" and "blessed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.