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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Kings 8:14

The king turned his face about, from the temple, towards which he was looking to observe that thick and extraordinary darkness, to the body of the congregation. Blessed all the congregation of Israel, or, blessed (to wit, the Lord, which is easily understood from the following words; in which he only blesseth or praiseth God, but doth not bless the people at all) with (so the Hebrew eth is oft used, as hath been showed before) all the congregation. Although he might do both, first bless the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Kings 8:14-21

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—1 Kings 8:14. King turned his face about—with his back upon the people; he and they had been watching the movements of the glory cloud; now he faced the awed concourse 1 Kings 8:15-21 contain Solomon’s address to the people, who listen standing, in which the king gratefully records that he undertook and completed the temple in obedience to Jehovah’s word. 1 Kings 8:22-53. The Royal Prayer of Dedication—“Solomon stood before the altar” on a brazen platform erected... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:1-66

Chapter 8Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, and they brought the ark of the covenant into the temple, and as they did, the glory of the Lord came and filled the temple and there was just this glorious presence of God even as did take place at the time of the dedication of the tabernacle in the wilderness. Now again God's presence, the Shekinah glory of God, filling the temple.And Solomon there offered his prayer of dedication unto God. And this dedicatory... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 8:1-66

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 dedicated it; and in thirteen years more he finished his palace. Hence he devoted twenty years to architecture and fortifications. 1 Kings 8:9 . Nothing in the ark, save the two tables of stone. The copy of the law written by Moses was, it is supposed from Deuteronomy 31:26, preserved in a safe, by... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 8:14

1Ki 8:14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) Ver. 14. And the king turned his face about, ] viz., Fromward the altar and mercy seat, whither they looked when they prayed in the temple, as when otherwise they looked toward the temple, i.e., Christ. And blessed all the congregation. ] Or, Blessed God together with all the congregation of Israel, as Junius rendereth it. And all the congregation stood. ] To... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Kings 8:14

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-Proverbs :, 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 read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Kings 8:14

And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)Turned — From the temple to the body of the congregation.Stood — In token of reverence, and of their readiness to receive the blessing. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 8:14

14. Turned his face From the most holy place towards the assembled multitude without the temple, in the court. While uttering his benedictions on the people, and his prayer of dedication, he occupied a brazen scaffold, which was placed in the midst of the court. 2 Chronicles 6:13. read more