1 Kings 8:14 (WEB)

Passage

The king turned his face around, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:12 Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

1 Kings 8:13 I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.”

1 Kings 8:14 The king turned his face around, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.

1 Kings 8:15 He said, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

1 Kings 8:16 ‘Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.’

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "I have surely built you a house..." into verse 15's "He said Blessed is Yahweh the God...", so "king" and "turned" 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 "turned" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.