1 Kings 8:54

1 Kings 8:54 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it was so, 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.
• New International Version (NIV)When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the Lord, he rose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And so it was, when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, that he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven.

Context of 1 Kings 8:54

52so that Your eyes may be open to the pleading of Your servant and to the pleading of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You. 53For You have singled them out from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, just as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord God.” When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and plea to the Lord, he stood up from the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. 55And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: 56“Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to His people Israel in accordance with everything that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant.

1 Kings 8:54 word by word

וַיְהִ֣י׀ כְּכַלּ֣וֹת שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה לְהִתְפַּלֵּל֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה אֵ֛ת כָּל־הַתְּפִלָּ֥ה וְהַתְּחִנָּ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את קָ֞ם מִלִּפְנֵ֨י מִזְבַּ֤ח יְהוָה֙ מִכְּרֹ֣עַ עַל־בִּרְכָּ֔יו וְכַפָּ֖יו פְּרֻשׂ֥וֹת הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• When Solomonשְׁלֹמֹהshelômôh · SolomonH8010
• had finishedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
• prayingפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• entireכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
• and pleaתְּחִנָּהtechinnâh · supplicationH8467
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• he stoodקָמָיqûm · (Leb)-kamaiH6965
• from the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• from kneelingכָּרַעkâra‛ · to bowH3766
• on his kneesבֶּ֫רֶךְberek · kneeH1290
• handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• spreadפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
• toward heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064

Cross-references for 1 Kings 8:54

• Luke 11:1It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, when He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
• Luke 22:45When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,
• 2 Chronicles 6:13For Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the courtyard; and he stood on it, knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.
• Psalms 95:6Come, let’s worship and bow down, Let’s kneel before the Lord our Maker.
• Luke 22:41And He withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and began to pray,
• Acts 20:26Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all people.
• Acts 21:5When our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, escorted us until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another.
• 1 Kings 8:22Then 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.
• 2 Chronicles 6:12Then he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 8:54

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 54If the prayer of Solomon be, as it has all the appearance of being, a genuine document of the time, preserved in the archives to which the authors of both Kings and Chronicles had access, all theories of the late origin of Deuteronomy must be regarded as baseless. While references are not infrequent to other portions of the Pentateuch, the language of the prayer is mainly modelled upon Deuteronomy, the promises and threats contained in which are…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 54-61Verses 54-61 Never was a congregation dismissed with what was more likely to affect them, and to abide with them. What Solomon asks for in this prayer, is still granted in the intercession of Christ, of which his supplication was a type. We shall receive grace sufficient, suitable, and seasonable, in every time of need. No human heart is of itself willing to obey the gospel call to repentance, faith, and newness of life, walking in all the commandments of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 54-56Solomon praised God's faithfulness and goodness to Israel for giving them rest as promised (see Joshua 21:43–45; 23:14; 2 Samuel 7:1). Some Israelites did not accept the rest that only God provides (Psalm 95:10–11; Hebrews 3:7–19; 4:1–11).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Solomon
• Contain
• Glad
• Hallow
• Hearken
• Prayer
• Receive
• Stand
• Told
• Transgression

Commentaries on 1 Kings 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings