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He lifted his hands toward heaven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and he spread out his hands toward heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh before all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood [in the courtyard] before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire congregation of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire congregation of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Solomon stood facing the altar with everyone standing behind him. Then he lifted his arms toward heaven <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In the presence of the entire assembly of Israel, Solomon stood in front of the LORD's altar. He stretched out his hands toward heaven<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then in the presence of the people Solomon went and stood in front of the altar, where he raised his arms <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Solomon took his place in front of the LORD's altar in the presence of the entire congregation of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven. Now Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, eight feet and seven inches long, and eight feet and seven inches broad, and five feet and two inches high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards Heaven:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Solomon stood before Yahweh’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Solomon stands before the altar of YHWH, in front of all the assembly of Israel, and spreads his hands toward the heavens,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Solomon standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth his hands towards the heavens,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Solomon will stand at the face of the altar of Jehovah before all the convocation of Israel, and he will spread forth his hands to the heavens:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards heaven; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord, in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and he extended his hands toward heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel, and stretching forth his hands toward heaven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands to heaven.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven and prayed;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Solomon stood before altar of LORD JEHOVAH, next to all the multitude of Israel, and stretched his hands toward Heaven.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Solomon stood up in front of the altar before all the congregation of Israel; and he spread out his hands toward heaven:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/8-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=3034" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/8.htm">Solomon's Prayer of Dedication</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8010.htm" title="8010: šə·lō·mōh (N-proper-ms) -- David's son and successor to his throne. From shalowm; peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor.">Then Solomon</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: way·ya·‘ă·mōḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">stood</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·baḥ (N-msc) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">the altar</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: ne·ḡeḏ (Prep) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">in front of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: qə·hal (N-msc) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">assembly</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6566.htm" title="6566: way·yip̄·rōś (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To spread out, spread. A primitive root; to break apart, disperse, etc.">spread out</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: kap·pāw (N-fdc:: 3ms) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">his hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·mā·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">toward heaven,</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-12.htm">2 Chronicles 6:12-13</a></span><br />Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. / Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-14.htm">2 Chronicles 6:14-42</a></span><br />and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts. / You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day. / Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/95-6.htm">Psalm 95:6</a></span><br />O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/6-10.htm">Daniel 6:10</a></span><br />Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-5.htm">Nehemiah 9:5-6</a></span><br />Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise. / You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/9-5.htm">Ezra 9:5</a></span><br />At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/5-7.htm">Psalm 5:7</a></span><br />But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/28-2.htm">Psalm 28:2</a></span><br />Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/134-2.htm">Psalm 134:2</a></span><br />Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/141-2.htm">Psalm 141:2</a></span><br />May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-5.htm">Matthew 6:5-6</a></span><br />And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. / But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-10.htm">Luke 18:10-14</a></span><br />“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. / The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. / I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-47.htm">Acts 7:47-50</a></span><br />But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. / However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: / ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/20-36.htm">Acts 20:36</a></span><br />When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-5.htm">Acts 21:5</a></span><br />But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:</p><p class="hdg">stood before the altar</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-54.htm">1 Kings 8:54</a></b></br> And it was <i>so</i>, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/11-14.htm">2 Kings 11:14</a></b></br> And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner <i>was</i>, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/23-3.htm">2 Kings 23:3</a></b></br> And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all <i>their</i> heart and all <i>their</i> soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.</p><p class="hdg">spread forth</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-29.htm">Exodus 9:29,33</a></b></br> And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; <i>and</i> the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth <i>is</i> the LORD'S… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/6-12.htm">2 Chronicles 6:12</a></b></br> And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/9-5.htm">Ezra 9:5</a></b></br> And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/7-48.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-14.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-14.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-19.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-8.htm">Front</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-46.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-12.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-12.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-20.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-39.htm">Over-Against</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-48.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-13.htm">Present</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-12.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-7.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-19.htm">Spreadeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-28.htm">Standeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-14.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-31.htm">Stretching</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-9.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-14.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/8-31.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-55.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-55.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-38.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm">Front</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-38.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-23.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-27.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-23.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-10.htm">Over-Against</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-7.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-16.htm">Present</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-54.htm">Solomon</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-38.htm">Spread</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-15.htm">Spreadeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-55.htm">Standeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-55.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-38.htm">Stretching</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-55.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-1.htm">The feast of the temple</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-12.htm">Solomon's blessing</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm">Solomon's prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">54. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-54.htm">Solomon's blessing</a></span><br><span class="reftext">62. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-62.htm">His sacrifice of peace offerings</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD</b><br>Solomon, the son of David and king of Israel, is depicted here in a position of leadership and reverence. The altar of the LORD refers to the bronze altar in the temple courtyard, a central place for sacrifices and offerings to God. This act of standing before the altar signifies Solomon's role as both a political and spiritual leader. The altar's location in the newly constructed temple in Jerusalem highlights the city's significance as the religious center of Israel. This moment is a fulfillment of God's promise to David that his son would build a house for the LORD (<a href="/2_samuel/7-12.htm">2 Samuel 7:12-13</a>).<p><b>in front of the whole assembly of Israel</b><br>The assembly of Israel includes representatives from all the tribes, gathered for the dedication of the temple. This public setting underscores the communal nature of worship and the importance of national unity under God's covenant. The gathering of the assembly reflects the festivals and solemn assemblies commanded in the Law of Moses (<a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm">Deuteronomy 16:16</a>). It also prefigures the unity of believers in Christ, as seen in the New Testament church (<a href="/acts/2.htm">Acts 2:1-4</a>).<p><b>spread out his hands toward heaven</b><br>Spreading out hands is a gesture of prayer and supplication, symbolizing openness and a plea for divine intervention. This posture is common in biblical prayers, indicating humility and dependence on God (<a href="/psalms/28-2.htm">Psalm 28:2</a>). The direction toward heaven emphasizes the transcendence of God and His dwelling place above. Solomon's prayer that follows is a profound acknowledgment of God's sovereignty and faithfulness, echoing themes found in the Psalms and prophetic literature. This act foreshadows Christ's intercessory role, as He prays for His followers (<a href="/john/17.htm">John 17:1-26</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The son of King David and Bathsheba, Solomon is the king of Israel at this time. Known for his wisdom, Solomon is responsible for building the temple in Jerusalem, fulfilling his father David's vision.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar_of_the_lord.htm">The Altar of the LORD</a></b><br>This is the altar in the newly constructed temple in Jerusalem, where sacrifices and offerings are made to God. It symbolizes God's presence and the place of worship for the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_assembly_of_israel.htm">The Assembly of Israel</a></b><br>This refers to the gathered people of Israel, representing the twelve tribes. They are present to witness the dedication of the temple and to participate in the worship and celebration.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Israel and the location of the temple. It is the spiritual and political center of the nation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_dedication.htm">The Temple Dedication</a></b><br>This event marks the completion and dedication of the temple built by Solomon. It is a significant moment in Israel's history, symbolizing God's dwelling among His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_reverence_in_worship.htm">The Importance of Reverence in Worship</a></b><br>Solomon's posture of spreading his hands toward heaven signifies reverence and submission to God. In our worship, we should approach God with a heart of humility and respect.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership_in_spiritual_matters.htm">The Role of Leadership in Spiritual Matters</a></b><br>As king, Solomon leads the nation in worship. Spiritual leaders today are called to guide their communities in faithful worship and dedication to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_community_worship.htm">The Significance of Community Worship</a></b><br>The assembly of Israel gathered for the temple dedication highlights the importance of corporate worship. Believers are encouraged to gather together to worship and seek God collectively.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_as_a_central_element_of_worship.htm">Prayer as a Central Element of Worship</a></b><br>Solomon's prayer at the temple dedication underscores the power and necessity of prayer in our relationship with God. We should prioritize prayer in our personal and communal worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a></b><br>The completion of the temple is a fulfillment of God's promise to David. This reminds us of God's faithfulness and encourages us to trust in His promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_king_solomon_considered_saved.htm">Is King Solomon considered saved?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_group_prayer.htm">What does the Bible say about group prayer?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_public_prayer_acceptable.htm">Is public prayer acceptable?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_1_kings_8_align_with_archaeology.htm">How can 1 Kings 8 align with archaeological evidence when no conclusive artifacts or external historical records confirm Solomon’s vast kingdom or temple grandeur?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Solomon stood</span> [<span class="accented">i.e., took his stand</span> (LXX. <span class="greek">ἀνέστη</span>). Not "was standing." It was but for a moment, however, <span class="cmt_word">for</span> we find him presently kneeling (ver. 54; <a href="/2_chronicles/6-13.htm">2 Chronicles 6:13</a>). The latter passage informs us that he both stood and knelt upon a "brazen scaffold," three cubits high] <span class="cmt_word">before the altar of the Lord</span> [<span class="accented">i.e.</span>, the brazen altar of sacrifice. The platform or scaffold was "set in the midst of the court" (2 Chronicles <span class="accented">l.c.</span>) All these rites took place in the open air. The king bad no place <span class="accented">within</span> the edifice] <span class="cmt_word">in</span> <span class="cmt_word">the presence</span> [the word is not to be pressed to mean "<span class="accented">facing the</span> people." It is hardly likely he would pray towards the people - he was their <span class="greek">προφήτης</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, he spoke for them to God - or turn his back on the sacred Presence just manifested], <span class="cmt_word">and spread forth his hands towards heaven:</span> [one attitude of earnest prayer thoughout the East, as may be seen at the present day amongst the Mohammedans. (See Lane's "Modern Egyptians," ch. 3, "Religion and Laws.") So completely was this posture identified with supplication that to "lift up the hands" came to be a synonym for prayer (<a href="/exodus/9-29.htm">Exodus 9:29, 33</a>; <a href="/psalms/44-20.htm">Psalm 44:20</a>; <a href="/psalms/143-6.htm">Psalm 143:6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a>; <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2</a>.) ] <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/8-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Solomon</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lō·mōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8010.htm">Strong's 8010: </a> </span><span class="str2">Solomon -- David's son and successor to his throne</span><br /><br /><span class="word">stood</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·mōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵי֙</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the altar</span><br /><span class="heb">מִזְבַּ֣ח</span> <span class="translit">(miz·baḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in front of</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֖גֶד</span> <span class="translit">(ne·ḡeḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> </span><span class="str2">A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the whole</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">assembly</span><br /><span class="heb">קְהַ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(qə·hal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assembly, convocation, congregation</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">spread out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yip̄·rōś)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6566.htm">Strong's 6566: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break apart, disperse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his hands</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּפָּ֖יו</span> <span class="translit">(kap·pāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">toward heaven,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/8-22.htm">1 Kings 8:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 8:22 Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/8-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 8:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 8:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/8-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 8:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 8:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>