1 Kings 8:5 (YLT)

Passage

And king Solomon and all the company of Israel who are met unto him <FI>are<Fi> with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that are not counted nor numbered for multitude.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:3 And all the elders of Israel come in, and the priests lift up the ark,

1 Kings 8:4 and bring up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that <FI>are<Fi> in the tent, yea, the priests and the Levites bring them up.

1 Kings 8:5 And king Solomon and all the company of Israel who are met unto him <FI>are<Fi> with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that are not counted nor numbered for multitude.

1 Kings 8:6 And the priests bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, unto the oracle of the house, unto the holy of holies, unto the place of the wings of the cherubs;

1 Kings 8:7 for the cherubs are spreading forth two wings unto the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over the ark, and over its staves from above;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "king", "solomon", "company", "israel", "before", "sacrificing", and "oxen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "king", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "and bring up the ark of Jehovah..." into verse 6's "And the priests bring in the ark...", so "sheep" and "king" 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 "sheep" and "king" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.