1 Kings 8:62

The Dedication of the Temple

62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

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1 Kings 8:62 in Other Translations

KJV

62 And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.

ESV

62 Then the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.

NLT

62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices to the LORD .

MSG

62 The king and all Israel with him then worshiped, offering sacrifices to God.

CSB

62 The king and all Israel with him were offering sacrifices in the Lord's presence.

1 Kings 8:62 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:62

And the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before
the Lord.
] For burnt offerings, which having been laid upon the altar, as soon as the king had done praying to God, and blessing the people, and exhorting them, fire came down from heaven, and consumed them; which showed the Lord's acceptance of the sacrifices, and was another confirmation, besides the cloud, of the Lord's well pleasedness with the temple, and of his taking possession of it to reside in it; upon which the people bowed and worshipped, and praised the Lord for his goodness and mercy, ( 2 Chronicles 7:1-3 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Kings 8:62 In-Context

60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other.

61 And may your hearts be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time.”

62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the temple of the LORD.

64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the LORD was too small to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings.

Cross References 1

1. S 2 Samuel 6:13; 1 Chronicles 29:21; Ezekiel 45:17