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1 Kings 8:55 Explained in Context
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Verse 55. 55And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence: “And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Solomon blesses the people and calls for whole hearts.”
He rises from his knees and blesses the people
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Kings 8:54–61. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Kings 8:54–61
Read 1 Kings 8:55 with 8:54–61. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Ends Solomon's kneeling prayer and returns him to a standing posture before the altar; calls Israel to wholeheartedness expressed in keeping God's statutes and commands.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Solomon blesses the people and calls for whole hearts,” 1 Kings 8:55 advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence through the wording “And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: Solomon rises from the completed prayer and turns its petitions into blessing and a call for whole-hearted covenant faithfulness.
Read 1 Kings 8:54–61 together
Why these verses belong together: Solomon blesses the people and calls for whole hearts is the complete reviewed scene, prayer, oracle, list, or regnal notice bounded at 8:54–8:61.
Verse 54. 54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.
Verse 55. 55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
Verse 56. 56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
Verse 57. 57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
Verse 58. 58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
Verse 59. 59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
Verse 60. 60 That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
Verse 61. 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
What Remains True
Public power and worship remain accountable to truth, covenant faithfulness, affected people, and consequences rather than title, success, wealth, or majority support. This unit tests that truth through ends Solomon's kneeling prayer and returns him to a standing posture before the altar; calls Israel to wholeheartedness expressed in keeping God's statutes and commands. In 1 Kings 8:55, the concrete line “And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 1 Kings 8:54–61 — Solomon blesses the people and calls for whole heartsSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 1 Kings 8:54–61, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Kings
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording and morphology used for lexical, grammatical, name, clause, and older-English checks; this is not a critical apparatus or historical proof.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Kgs.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 8:54–61
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: 1 Kings with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Only printed unit-level translation, lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, and verse-numbering notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible 1 Kings PDF, printed pp. 599–602, translation and translator notes for 8:54–61
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