2 Chronicles 7:4 (YLT)

Passage

And the king and all the people are sacrificing a sacrifice before Jehovah,

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 7:2 and the priests have not been able to go in unto the house of Jehovah, because the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 7:3 And all the sons of Israel are looking on the descending of the fire, and the honour of Jehovah on the house, and they bow--faces to the earth--on the pavement, and do obeisance, and give thanks to Jehovah, for good, for to the age <FI> is<Fi> His kindness.

2 Chronicles 7:4 And the king and all the people are sacrificing a sacrifice before Jehovah,

2 Chronicles 7:5 and king Solomon sacrificeth the sacrifice of the herd, twenty and two thousand, and of the flock, a hundred and twenty thousand, and the king and all the people dedicate the house of God.

2 Chronicles 7:6 And the priests over their charges are standing, and the Levites with instruments of the song of Jehovah--that David the king made, to give thanks to Jehovah, for to the age <FI>is<Fi> His kindness, in David's praising by their hand--and the priests are blowing trumpets over-against them, and all Israel are standing.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "people", "sacrificing", "sacrifice", "before", and "jehovah". 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 "And all the sons of Israel are..." into verse 5's "and king Solomon sacrificeth the sacrifice of...", 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.