1 Kings 8:55 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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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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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;)
2 Samuel 6:18
And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
Numbers 6:23-26
Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, …
1 Chronicles 16:2
And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(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 was…