The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.
Parallel translations
- KJV And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
- BSB And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
- NKJV Then the king turned around and blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
- NASB Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.
- NLT Then the king turned around to the entire community of Israel standing before him and gave this blessing:
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- 1 Kgs 8:14The king turned his face around, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.
- 1 Chr 16:2When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in Yahweh’s name.
- Matt 13:2Great multitudes gathered to him, so that he entered into a boat, and sat, and all the multitude stood on the beach.
- Neh 8:5–7Ezra 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.
- 1 Kgs 8:55–61He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
- Josh 22:6So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.
- Num 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,
- 2 Chr 29:29When they had finished offering, the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped.
- Luke 24:50–51He led them out as far as Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
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