John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:54
And it was so, that, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord ,.... In which he was a type of Christ, praying and interceding for his people before the golden attar, Revelation 8:3 , he arose from before the altar of the Lord ; the altar of burnt offering, over against which he was: from kneeling on his knees ; upon the brasen scaffold; see 2 Chronicles 6:13 , in which posture he was during this long prayer: with his hands spread... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 8:54-61
Solomon, after his sermon in Ecclesiastes, gives us the conclusion of the whole matter; so he does here, after this long prayer; it is called his blessing the people, 1 Kgs. 8:55. He pronounced it standing, that he might be the better heard, and because he blessed as one having authority. Never were words more fitly spoken, nor more pertinently. Never was congregation dismissed with that which was more likely to affect them and abide with them. I. He gives God the glory of the great and kind... read more