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1 Kings 8:54
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Solomon rises from the altar of the LORD after completing his petition, transitioning from a kneeling posture with outstretched hands to address the assembly (1 Kings 8:54).
The words — כַּלּ֣וֹת (kha.Lot) literally means "when finished" or "when completed," marking the exact termination of Solomon's prayer to יְהוָ֔ה (Yahweh).
The thread — The sequence of prayer completion followed by standing appears in 2 Chronicles 7:1 and 2 Chronicles 6:12, while the physical act of rising from prayer is noted in Luke 22:45.
Why it lands — The text records the structural shift from private supplication to public blessing, requiring the reader to observe how completed worship naturally precedes corporate declaration without adding theological speculation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 6:12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
- 2 Chronicles 7:1 When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
- Luke 22:45 When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
- Psalms 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
- 1 Kings 8:22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
- Luke 11:1 One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
- Luke 22:41 And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
- Acts 20:36 When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.
- Acts 21:5 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.