2 Chronicles 5:14

Neither were the priests able to stand and to minister, because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

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In The King James Version

So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

In Context

13And when they all sounded out together, with trumpets, and voice, and cymbals, and pipes, and with various kinds of musical instruments, lifting their voice on high, the sound was heard from far away, so that when they had begun to praise the Lord, and to say, “Confess to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy is eternal,” the house of God was filled with a cloud.

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Cross References

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

2 Chronicles 7:1And when Solomon had completed pouring out his prayers, fire descended from heaven, and it devoured the holocausts and the victims. And the majesty of the Lord filled the house.

2 Chronicles 20:6he said: “O Lord, God of our fathers, you are God in heaven, and you rule over all the kingdoms of the Gentiles. In your hand is strength and power, and no one is able to withstand you.

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.

Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the majesty of God and from his power. And no one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven afflictions of the seven Angels were completed.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 5:12-14

The Temple Filled with Glory. ( b. c. 1004.) 11 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: 12 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 13 It came… Read the whole commentary →

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