1 Kings 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.
KJV
et non poterant sacerdotes stare et ministrare propter nebulam : impleverat enim gloria Domini domum Domini.
Vulgate
καὶ οὐκ ἠδύναντο οἱ ἱερεῖς στήκειν λειτουργεῖν ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς νεφέλης, ὅτι ἔπλησεν δόξα Κυρίου τὸν οἶκον.
LXX
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah.
ASV
וְ/לֹֽא יָכְל֧וּ הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֛ים לַ/עֲמֹ֥ד לְ/שָׁרֵ֖ת מִ/פְּנֵ֥י הֶֽ/עָנָ֑ן כִּי מָלֵ֥א כְבוֹד יְהוָ֖ה אֶת בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
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Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§697Cloud and light. These two images occur together in the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. In the theophanies of the Old Testament, the cloud, now obscure, now luminous, reveals the living and saving God, while veiling the transcendence of his glory - with Moses on Mount Sinai,43 at the tent of meeting,44 and during the wandering in the desert,45 and with Solomon at the dedicat…
Cross-references
- 2Chr 5:14 — So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
- 2Cor 3:18 — But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD.
- 2Cor 4:6 — For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Exod 29:43 — And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
- Exod 40:35 — And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Ezek 43:2 — And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.
- Ezek 43:4 — And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
- Ezek 44:4 — Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face.
- Hag 2:7 — And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Isa 60:2 — For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
- John 1:14 — And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- Lev 9:23 — And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.
- Luke 2:9 — And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
- Ps 24:7 — Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
- Rev 21:23 — And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
- Rom 9:4 — Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;