1 Kings 8:10

And it came to pass when the priests departed out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

9There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Moses put there in Horeb, which tables the Lord made as a covenant with the children of Israel in their going forth from the land of Egypt.

11And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, because the glory of the Lord filled the house.

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Cross References

Exodus 40:35And Moses was not able to enter into the tabernacle of testimony, because the cloud overshadowed it, and the tabernacle was filled with the glory of the Lord.

Psalms 97:2The Lord has made known his salvation, 1 He has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. 1

Isaiah 6:4And the lintel shook at the voice they uttered, and the house was filled with smoke.

Haggai 2:7and I will shake all nations, and the choice portions of all the nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord Almighty.

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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