1 Kings 8:62
in 1 Kings 8Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.
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ASV
And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Jehovah.
KJV
And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord.
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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd 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, 2Ch 7:1.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
These were Israel's golden days, days of the Son of man in type. The Dedication of the Temple. 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the L ORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the king, and all Israel . . . offered sacrifice before the Lord--This was a burnt offering with its accompaniments, and being the first laid on the altar of the temple, was, as in the analogous case of the tabernacle, consumed by miraculous fire from heaven (see 2Ch 7:1).
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The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְֽהַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | vehamelekh | and the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| עִמּ֑וֹ | imo | with him | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| זֹבְחִ֥ים | zoechim | [were] sacrificing | H2076 → | 134 times |
| זֶ֖בַח | zevach | a sacrifice | H2077 → | 162 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְֽהַמֶּ֔לֶךְand the king
vehamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
עִמּ֑וֹwith him
imoH5973 →1050 times
זֹבְחִ֥ים[were] sacrificing
zoechimH2076 →134 times
זֶ֖בַחa sacrifice
zevachH2077 →162 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.