1 Kings 8:62 (LSB)

Passage

Now the king and all Israel with him were offering sacrifices before Yahweh.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh is God; there is no one else.

1 Kings 8:61 Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to Yahweh our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.”

1 Kings 8:62 Now the king and all Israel with him were offering sacrifices before Yahweh.

1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.

1 Kings 8:64 On the same day the king set apart as holy the middle of the court that was before the house of Yahweh, because there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings; for the bronze altar that was before Yahweh was too small to hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "israel", "offering", "sacrifices", "before", and "yahweh". 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 wholly devoted..." into verse 63's "And Solomon offered for the sacrifice of...", 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.