1 Kings 8:14

Christian Standard Bible ®

The king turned around and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king turned his face around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king faced about and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king turned his face, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stoode still.

Literal Translation
And the king turned around his face and blessed the whole assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel was standing.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then King Solomon turned toward all the Israelites who were standing there and asked God to bless them.

Revised Standard Version
Then the king faced about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

World English Bible
The king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

King James Version (1611)
And the King turned his face about, and blessed all the Congregation of Israel: (and all the Congregation of Israel stood.)

King James Version
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye kynge turned his face, & blessed all the congregacion of Israel. And all the cogregacion of Israel stode,

THE MESSAGE
The king then turned to face the congregation and blessed them:

American Standard Version
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

Bible in Basic English
Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.

Update Bible Version
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel were standing.

New English Translation
Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

New King James Version
2 Chronicles 6:3-11">[xr] Then the king turned around and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

Contemporary English Version
Solomon turned toward the people standing there. Then he blessed them

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the king turned around and blessed the whole community of Isra'el. The whole community of Isra'el stood

Darby Translation
And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel; and the whole congregation of Israel stood.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King turned his face, and blessed all the Congregation of Israel: for all the Congregation of Israel stoode there.

George Lamsa Translation
Then the king turned his face about and blessed all the congregation of Israel; and all the congregation of Israel stood;

Amplified Bible
Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

Hebrew Names Version
The king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Yisra'el: and all the assembly of Yisra'el stood.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel; and all the congregation of Israel stood.

New Living Translation
Then the king turned around to the entire community of Israel standing before him and gave this blessing:

New Life Bible
Then the king turned around and prayed that good would come to all the people of Israel, while all the people of Israel stood.

New Revised Standard
Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king turned his face, and the king blessed all Israel, (and the whole assembly of Israel stood:)

English Revised Version
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.

Berean Standard Bible
And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king turned about his face, and blessed all the convocation of Israel, - while all the convocation of Israel was standing;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: for all the assembly of Israel stood.

Lexham English Bible
Then the king turned his face around, and he blessed all of the assembly of Israel. (Now all the assembly of Israel was standing).

English Standard Version
Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

New American Standard Bible
Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

New Century Version
While all the Israelites were standing there, King Solomon turned to them and blessed them.

Good News Translation
As the people stood there, King Solomon turned to face them, and he asked God's blessing on them.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the kyng turnede his face, and blesside al the chirche in Israel; for al the chirche of Israel stood.

Young's Literal Translation
And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel is standing.

Contextual Overview

¹² Then Solomon said: The Lord said that He would dwell in thick darkness. ¹³ I have indeed built an exalted temple for You, a place for Your dwelling forever. ¹⁴ The king turned around and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing. ¹⁵ He said: May the Lord God of Israel be praised! He spoke directly to my father David, and He has fulfilled the promise by His power. He said, ¹⁶ "Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city to build a temple in among any of the tribes of Israel, so that My name would be there. But I have chosen David to rule My people Israel." ¹⁷ It was in the desire of my father David to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. ¹⁸ But the Lord said to my father David, "Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name, you have done well to have this desire. ¹⁹ Yet you are not the one to build it; instead, your son, your own offspring, will build it for My name." ²⁰ The Lord has fulfilled what He promised. I have taken the place of my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built the temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. ²¹ I have provided a place there for the ark, where the Lord 's covenant is that He made with our ancestors when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

blessed all: 1 Kings 8:55, 1 Kings 8:56, Joshua 22:6, 2 Samuel 6:18, 1 Chronicles 16:2, 2 Chronicles 6:3, 2 Chronicles 30:18-20, Psalms 118:26, Luke 24:50, Luke 24:51

all the congregation: 2 Chronicles 7:6, Nehemiah 8:7, Nehemiah 9:2, Matthew 13:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 33:10 - worshipped Exodus 39:43 - blessed them 2 Chronicles 31:8 - blessed Nehemiah 8:5 - stood up Nehemiah 9:5 - Stand up Isaiah 64:11 - where

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the sources of the watery depths burst open, the floodgates of the sky were opened,

Genesis 8:13
In the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the water that had covered the earth was dried up. Then Noah removed the ark's cover and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.

Genesis 8:14
By the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the earth was dry.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king turned his face about,.... He was before the altar, 1 Kings 8:22, with his face to that first, and looking towards the holy and the most holy place, filled with the cloud and glory; and now he turned himself and stood with the altar behind him, and looking to the court of the people:

and blessed all the congregation of Israel; either blessed the Lord before them, or prayed for blessings for them, or congratulated them upon the Lord's taking up his residence in the temple, which was so great an honour and favour to them:

and all the congregation of Israel stood: ready to receive the king's blessing, and in honour of him, and reverence to the divine Being. The Jews say, none might sit in the court but the kings of the house of David.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Solomon had spoken the preceding words, addressed to God, with his face directed to the holy of holies. He now turned around and looked outward toward the people. The people “stood” to hear him the attitude of respect and attention. This first blessing seems to have been without speech - an inward prayer accompanied by the ordinary gesture of blessing.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 8:14. Blessed all the congregation — Though this blessing is not particularly stated, yet we may suppose that it was such as the high priest pronounced upon the people: "The Lord bless thee, and keep thee! The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee! The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace!" (see Numbers 6:24-26,) for Solomon seems now to be acting the part of the high priest. But he may have in view more particularly the conduct of Moses, who, when he had seen that the people had done all the work of the tabernacle, as the Lord had commanded them, he blessed them, Exodus 39:43; and the conduct of his father David, who, when the ark had been brought into the city of David, and the burnt-offerings and peace-offerings completed, blessed the people in the name of the Lord, 2 Samuel 6:18.