Bible verse
And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:
1 Kings 8:55 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Kings 8.
51 For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
52 May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.
53 For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”
54 Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
55 And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:
56 “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.
57 May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us.
58 May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
59 And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
KJV
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
ASV
And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
ERV
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
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