The priests could not enter into Yahweh’s house, because Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house.
Parallel Translations
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The priests could not enter into Yahweh’s house, because Yahweh’s glory filled Yahweh’s house.
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And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’s house.
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And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD'S house.
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 7:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Revelation 15:8 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.
- 2 Chronicles 5:14 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled God’s house.
- Exodus 24:17 The appearance of Yahweh’s glory was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
- Isaiah 6:5 Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 7:2 And the priests could not enter into…
2Ch 7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’S house.
Ver. 2. And the priests could not enter.] See 1Ki 8:11. By reason of an astonishing reverence: besides the brightness of the glory, as before.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the priests could not enter into the house…
And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord,.... They went in to carry the ark thither, but not being able to stand to minister, they came out, and could not reenter:
because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house; both the holy place, and the holy of holies, see Kg1 8:10.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Majesty; the cloud. For some time the priests were…
Majesty; the cloud. For some time the priests were obliged to keep at a distance. They afterwards offered up many victims. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the priests could not enter--Both from awe of the…
the priests could not enter--Both from awe of the miraculous fire that was burning on the altar and from the dense cloud that enveloped the sanctuary, they were unable for some time to perform their usual functions (see on Kg1 8:10). But afterwards, their courage and confidence being revived, they approached the altar and busied themselves in the offering of an immense number of sacrifices.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. the priests could not enter] Cp. 2Ch_5:14.
2. the priests could not enter] Cp. 2Ch_5:14.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) And the priests could not enter into the…
(2) And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord.—Hardly a different assertion from that of 2Ch_5:14 (“ the priests could not stand to minister”); the cause in both instances being the same, and expressed in the same words (1Ki_8:11). But it is quite plain that the writer intends to record in 2 Chronicles 5, 7 two distinct appearances of the Divine glory, one before and one after the Prayer of Consecration, both of which were attended by the same effects upon the ministering priests.
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