In 1 Kings 8:22 Solomon prays before “all the congregation of Israel”. If we were to take this phrase literally, we might imagine Solomon straining to be heard by hundreds of thousands of people. In fact, the composition of this congregation is carefully explained in v1: it was made up of the elders of Israel and […]
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