The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
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The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
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And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
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And the king turned his face, and blessed all the congregation of Israel; and all the congregation of Israel stood.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 6:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 8:14 The king turned his face around, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.
- Numbers 6:23-27 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is how you shall bless the children of Israel.’ You shall tell them, ‘Yahweh bless you, and keep you. Yahweh make his face to shine on you, and be gracious to you. Yahweh lift up his face toward you, and give you peace.’ “So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I will bless them.”
- Joshua 22:6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.
- 1 Kings 8:55-61 He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant. May Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us or forsake us; that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers. Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day requires; that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh himself is God. There is no one else. “Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as it is today.”
- 1 Chronicles 16:2 When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in Yahweh’s name.
- 2 Chronicles 29:29 When they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.
- Nehemiah 8:5-7 Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people), and when he opened it, all the people stood up. Then Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground. Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people stayed in their place.
- Matthew 13:2 Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.
- Luke 24:50-51 He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. While he blessed them, he withdrew from them, and was carried up into heaven.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) And the king.—The verse is word for word…
(3) And the king.—The verse is word for word as in Kings.
Turned.—Turned round (1Ch_10:14).
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Stood.—Was standing.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Reading between the lines, this verse shows us that…
Reading between the lines, this verse shows us that the face of Solomon had been turned to the symbol of God"s presence, while he addressed to him the words of our second verse, since he now faces round to the assembly of the congregation. What words Solomon used in thus blessing the whole congregation are not given either here or in the parallel. The impression one takes is that the blessing was, in fact, wrapt up tacitly in all that Solomon recounts, when he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, etc. (ver. 4). However, it is not impossible that, with the variation of the tense in ver. 59, the verses of 1Ki_8:55-61 may contain the substance of it, if not itself.
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