1 Kings 8:11
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud, for the glory of LORD filled the house of LORD.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Cross References
Exodus 40:34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of LORD filled the tabernacle.
Leviticus 9:23And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people. And the glory of LORD appeared to all the people.
Ezekiel 10:4And the glory of LORD mounted up from the cherub, over the threshold of the house. And the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of LORD's glory.
Ezekiel 43:4And the glory of LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose view is toward the east.
Haggai 2:7And I will shake all nations, and the precious things of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, says LORD of hosts.
Acts 7:55But being full of Holy Spirit, having gazed into heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:2-12
The Dedication of the Temple. ( b. c. 1003.) 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →