1 Kings 8:11
And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
12Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.
Cross References
Exodus 40:34If at any time the cloud removed from the tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by their troops:
Leviticus 9:23And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the testimony, and afterwards came forth and blessed the people. And the glory of the Lord appeared to all the multitude:
Ezekiel 10:4And the glory of the Lord was lifted up from above the cherub to the threshold of the house: and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the Lord.
Ezekiel 43:4And the majesty of the Lord went into the temple by the way of the gate that looked to the east.
Haggai 2:7For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Yet one little while, and I will move the heaven and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.
Acts 7:55But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up steadfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. And he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on 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 →