so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house.
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so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house.
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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.
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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.
Cross-references (11)
Passages linked to 1 Kings 8:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezekiel 43:4-5 Yahweh’s glory came into the house by the way of the gate which faces toward the east. The Spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, Yahweh’s glory filled the house.
- Ezekiel 44:4 Then he brought me by the way of the north gate before the house; and I looked, and behold, Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house; so I fell on my face.
- Leviticus 9:23 Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out, and blessed the people; and Yahweh’s glory appeared to all the people.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6 seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Ezekiel 43:2 Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth was illuminated with his glory.
- John 1:14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- Revelation 21:23 The city has no need for the sun or moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.
- Leviticus 9:6 Moses said, “This is the thing which Yahweh commanded that you should do; and Yahweh’s glory shall appear to you.”
- Acts 7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
- Revelation 21:11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:11 So that the priests could not stand…
1Ki 8:11 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.
Ver. 11. So that the priests could not stand,] sc., With the safeguard of their lives, their eyes at least. The holy angels clap their wings upon their faces, as it were a double scarf, - or as a man doth his hands before his eyes, when he beholdeth an exceeding great light, - before the brightness of God’s presence, that would put out their eyes else. {Isa 6:2-3} Pellican saith, by the priests being driven out by this cloud appearing, was showed that the time should come when this priesthood should minister no more by carnal rites in this place.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Because of the cloud; because the cloud was either…
Because of the cloud; because the cloud was either so bright that it dazzled their eyes; or rather so dark, that it struck them with horror and amazement, as is implied in the next verse.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So that the priests could not stand to minister,…
So that the priests could not stand to minister, because of the cloud,.... Either through the darkness it first caused, or through the light that broke out of it, which was dazzling to them, or through the terror it struck their minds with; they could neither minister in the holy place, by offering incense there; and as for the most holy place, none but the high priest could minister there, and that on one day only; nor in the court of the priests, at the altar of burnt offerings:
for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord; a bright and glorious stream came forth from the cloud, and spread itself all over the house, and then took up its abode in the most holy place as in the tabernacle, Exo 40:34.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. The glory of the Lord had filled…
Verse 11. The glory of the Lord had filled the house] The cloud, the symbol of the Divine glory and presence, appears to have filled not only the holy of holies, but the whole temple, court and all, and to have become evident to the people; and by this Solomon knew that God had honoured the place with his presence, and taken it for his habitation in reference to the people of Israel.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain As in the case of Moses Exo 40:35, so…
As in the case of Moses Exo 40:35, so now the glory of the Lord, the manifestation of the divine presence, which the cloud usually veiled, shone forth from it with such brilliancy, that mortal man could not bear the sight.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. could not stand to minister] i.e. At the…
11. could not stand to minister] i.e. At the altar of incense which stood within the holy place. God’s presence was diffused through every part of the edifice, thus claiming the whole as set apart to Him.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) The priests could not stand to minister.—So in…
(11) The priests could not stand to minister.—So in Exo_40:35, “Moses was not able to enter into the Tabernacle; for the cloud rested thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.” They shrank from the glory of the Lord, whom none could see and live; just as Isaiah (Isa_6:5) felt “undone” when he beheld the glory of the Lord in the Temple; and as even the Apostles trembled, when they entered into “the bright cloud which overshadowed them” on the Mount of Transfiguration, and “knew not what they said” (Luk_9:33-34). But it was not so much from terror of the Lord, who is “a consuming fire,” as simply from awe and reverence of His unspeakable glory.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain So that the priests could not stand to rainwater…
So that the priests could not stand to rainwater because of the cloud. They were overpowered by the manifestation, precisely as Moses had been before. (Exo_40:35) It was at the moment when the singers and trumpeters, standing at the east end of the altar, began their service of praise and the reappearance of the priests may well have been the signal for them to begin (2Ch_5:13) that "the house was filled with a cloud." Possibly the priests were about to burn incense. Evidently ministrations of some sort were intended and were interrupted. The exact correspondence with Exo_40:35 (cf. Eze_44:4) is not to be overlooked. The idea obviously is that the Divine approval vouchsafed to the tabernacle was now in turn granted to the temple, for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord. Is the "glory of the Lord" identical with the cloud, or is something additional intended by these words? It is certainly noticeable that what ver. 10 says of the cloud that it "filled the house ver. 11 says of the glory. It is also true thatthere is no mention of any light or fire. And the "darkness" of ver. 12 might naturally seem to refer to the cloud, and therefore to exclude the idea of light. But surely the words yy dwObK are to be interpreted here by their signification and use elsewhere, and we find "the glory of the Lord elsewhere mentioned as something distinct from the cloud. We must remember that what by day was a pillar of cloud, by night was a pillar of. (Exo_13:21, Exo_13:22) In Exo_19:9, Exo_19:16, the mention of the "thick cloud" is followed by the statement that "Mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire" (ver. 18). Similarly, in Exodus 24., we are told that "the glory of the Lord appeared upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it (the glory?) six days; and the seventh day He called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire" (vers. 16, 17). But perhaps the most decisive passage in this connexion is Exo_40:34, where we are told that "the cloud abode upon" the tent of meeting, while "the glory of the Lord filled the (interior of the) tabernacle." Compare Exo_16:7, 10 Lev_9:6, 23 Num_14:10 Num_16:19, Num_16:42. It would appear, therefore, that "the glory of the Lord" was not the cloud, but, as the word almost seems to imply, a "light from heaven above the brightness of the sun". (Act_26:13; cf. Rev_1:14, Rev_1:16) It is hardly necessary to add that the glory, though apparently resident in the cloud, was not always luminous; the cloud veiled it from the eyes of men.
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