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55And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

1 Kings 8:55

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 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 wa...

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