Sentence:  When Solomon's temple is consecrated, the <WSD>qahal</WSD> of Israel gathers to be blessed (1 Kgs. 8:14), and when Ezra intervenes with drastic means to preserver the restored Israel, it is the <WSD>qahal</WSD> that acts before God (Ezra 10:12-14). 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A theocratic organizational structure in ancient Israelite society, congregation, assembly.