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1 Kings 8:55
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53 For You separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your inheritance, aas You spoke by Your servant Moses, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.”  

Solomon Blesses the Assembly

54 aAnd 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.  
55 Then he stood aand blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:  
56 “Blessed be the Lord, who has given arest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. bThere has not failed one word of all His good promise, which He promised through His servant Moses.  
57 May the Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. aMay He not leave us nor forsake us,  
58 that He may aincline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.  
59 And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day may require,
60 athat all the peoples of the earth may know that bthe Lord is God; there is no other.  
61 Let your aheart therefore be loyal to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and keep His commandments, as at this day.”  

Solomon Dedicates the Temple

62 Then athe king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the Lord.  
63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the Lord, twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.
Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 8:55

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American Standard Version
And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Amplified® Bible
And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Contemporary English Version
turned toward the people, blessed them, and said loudly:

Darby English Version
and he stood and blessed the whole congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Good News Bible
In a loud voice he asked God's blessings on all the people assembled there. He said,

King James Version
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

New American Standard Bible
And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

New International Version
He stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:

New King James Version
Then he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

Revised Standard Version
and he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
and he standeth and blesseth all the assembly of Israel `with' a loud voice, saying,

New English Translation
When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice:


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