1 Kings 8:10

Then it happened that, when the priests had exited from the Sanctuary, a cloud filled the house of the Lord.

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

In Context

9Now inside the ark, there was nothing other than the two tablets of stone, which Moses had placed in it at Horeb, when the Lord formed a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they departed from the land of Egypt.

11And the priests were unable to stand and minister, because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 40:35But if it remained hanging over it, they remained in the same place.

Psalms 97:2The Lord has made known his salvation. He has revealed his justice in the sight of the nations.

Isaiah 6:4And the lintels above the hinges were shaken at the voice of the one crying out. And the house was filled with smoke.

Haggai 2:7For thus says the Lord of hosts: There is yet one brief time, and I will move heaven and earth, and the sea and the dry land.

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 →

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