2 Chronicles 7:4 (WEB)

Passage

Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before Yahweh.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 7:2 The priests could not enter into Yahweh’s house, because Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house.

2 Chronicles 7:3 All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and Yahweh’s glory was on the house. They bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, worshiped, and gave thanks to Yahweh, saying, “For he is good; for his loving kindness endures for ever.”

2 Chronicles 7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 7:5 King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God’s house.

2 Chronicles 7:6 The priests stood, according to their positions; the Levites also with instruments of music of Yahweh, which David the king had made to give thanks to Yahweh, when David praised by their ministry, saying “For his loving kindness endures for ever.” The priests sounded trumpets before them; and all Israel stood.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "people", "offered", "sacrifices", "before", and "yahweh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "king" and "people", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "All the children of Israel looked on..." into verse 5's "King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two...", so "king" and "people" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "king" and "people" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.