◄ 2 Chronicles 7:2 ►
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Good News Translation
Because the Temple was full of the dazzling light, the priests could not enter it.

New Revised Standard Version
The priests could not enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD’s house.

Contemporary English Version
and the priests could not go in.

New American Bible
But the priests could not enter the house of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Neither could the priests enter into the temple of the Lord, because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Neither could the priests enter into the temple of the Lord, because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 5:14 Nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

Exodus 24:17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord, was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.

Isaiah 6:5 And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.

Revelation 15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the majesty of God and from his power. And no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

Context
Fire from Heaven
1And when Solomon had made an end of his prayer, fire came down from heaven, and consumed the holocausts and the victims: and the majesty of the Lord filled the house. 2Neither could the priests enter into the temple of the Lord, because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.3Moreover all the children of Israel saw the fire coming down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house: and falling down with their faces to the ground, upon the stone pavement, they adored and praised the Lord: because he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever.…
Cross References
1 Kings 8:10
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the sanctuary, that a cloud filled the house of the Lord,

2 Chronicles 5:14
Nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

2 Chronicles 7:1
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