1 Kings 8:55 (WEB)

Passage

He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:53 For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh.”

1 Kings 8:54 It was so, that when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before Yahweh’s altar, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread out toward heaven.

1 Kings 8:55 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. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.

1 Kings 8:57 May Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us or forsake 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 "It was so 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.