1 Kings 8:11
And 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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In The King James Version
In Context
12Then Solomon said: “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a cloud.
Cross References
Exodus 40:34Whenever the cloud departed from the tabernacle, the sons of Israel set out by their companies.
Leviticus 9:23Then Moses and Aaron entered the tabernacle of the testimony, and afterwards came out and blessed the people. And the glory of the Lord appeared to the entire multitude.
Ezekiel 10:4And the glory of the Lord was lifted up, from above the cherubim, to the threshold of the house. And the house was filled with the cloud. And the court was filled with the splendor of the glory of the Lord.
Ezekiel 43:4And the majesty of the Lord advanced into the temple, along the way of the gate which looked toward the east.
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.
Acts 7:55But he, being filled with the Holy Spirit, and gazing intently toward heaven, saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man 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 →