1 Kings 8:11

so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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

In Context

10And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

12Then spoke Solomon: The LORD hath said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.

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Cross References

Exodus 40:34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the 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 the LORD appeared unto all the people.

Ezekiel 10:4And the glory of the LORD mounted up from the cherub to the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD'S glory.

Ezekiel 43:4And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.

Haggai 2:7and I will shake all nations, and the choicest things of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.

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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