1 Kings 8:55 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, ”

1 Kings 8:55 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Dedication of the Temple, Prayer and Address. This chapter is mainly Deuteronomic, being clearly written from the standpoint of one who has seen the Temple as the one national sanctuary o...
1 Kings 8:55 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 335 SOLOMON’S THANKSGIVING PRAYER 1 Kings 8:54-61 . 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 th...
1 Kings 8:55 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, He stood, and blessed all the congregation - This blessing is contained in 1 Kings 8:57 , 1 Kings 8:58 .
1 Kings 8:55 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have si...
1 Kings 8:55 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Dedication of the Temple. Solomon's Prayer 1. The chief of the fathers] i.e. heads of families. Out of the city ] The Temple and Palace were built on the site of Araunah's threshing floor ( 2...
1 Kings 8:55 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Blessed all the children of Israel. — To bless the congregation was the special duty and privilege of the priests (see Numbers 6:23-27 ); but throughout the whole of this narrative the king, and t...
1 Kings 8:55 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL 1 Kings 8:1-66 "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice." - 1 Samuel 15:22 BEFORE we enter on the subject of the Temple worship, it is necessary to...
1 Kings 8:55 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...
1 Kings 8:55 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The Temple being finished, the great ceremony of dedication commenced. The permanent link between Tabernacle and Temple was the Ark of the Covenant. With great care and impressive ceremony, they had...
1 Kings 8:55 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(55) And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, (56) Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: ther...
1 Kings 8:55 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice ,.... Turning himself the altar, and his face to the people, giving them his benediction, not only as the father of his peop...
1 Kings 8:55 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, Ver. 55. And he stood and blessed all the congregation. ] Praying for them, and praising God for his mercy to th...
1 Kings 8:55 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He stood and blessed all the congregation , &c. He spoke what follows standing, that he might be the better heard, and because he blessed as one having authority. Never were words more pertinent...
1 Kings 8:55 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE ARK AND TABERNACLE FURNITURE (vs.1-13) The temple being completed, there was one matter of importance remaining. Thus, for the bringing of the ark to the temple Solomon assembled the elders...
1 Kings 8:55 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon Blesses and Exhorts the People. B. C. 1003. 54 And it was so, that when Solo...
1 Kings 8:55 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Kings 8:55 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Prayer Of Dedication Of The Temple ( 1 Kings 8:22-62 ). Having, as he hoped, reconciled the people to having the Temple in Jerusalem as their Central Sanctuary, Solomon now reminded God...
1 Kings 8:55 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 8:61 . Let your heart be perfect with the LORD, שָׁלֵם עִם יְהֹוָה; uprightly with Jehovah (Luther); submissive (Dr. Wette); in friendship with God...
1 Kings 8:55 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 8:1 . Solomon assembled the elders, after twenty years' labour. That is, in the fourth year of his reign he began to build the temple; in seven years and a half more he finished and dedica...
1 Kings 8:55 - The Biblical Illustrator

Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord. The dedicatory prayer Now we approach the great prayer by which the temple was dedicated. The house itself was nothing. It was but a gilded sepulchre...
1 Kings 8:55 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE .—The stately and impressive service with which the Temple, the character and contents of which have now been described, was dedicated, is relate...
1 Kings 8:55 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Feast Of Dedication
1 Kings 8:55 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 16:2 ; 1 Kings 8:14 ; 2 Samuel 6:18 ; Numbers 6:23-26
1 Kings 8:55 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He stood — He spoke this standing, that he might be the better heard, and because he blessed as one having authority. Never were words more pertinently spoken: never was a congregation dismissed, w...

1 Kings 8:55 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 8:55 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

1 Kings 8:55 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 8:55 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 8:55 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 8:55 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 8:55 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 8:55 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 8:55 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 8:55 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 8:55 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 8:55 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 8:55 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 8:55 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 8:55 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 8:55 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 8:55 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 8:55 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 8:55 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 8:55 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 8:55 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 8:55 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 8:55 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:55 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes