2 Chronicles 7:2 “The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the gl…”

2 Chronicles 7:2

The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’s house.

World English Bible

The priests could not enter into the LORD’s house, because the LORD’s glory filled the LORD’s house.

American Standard Version

And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah’s house.

Geneva Bible 1599

So that the Priestes could not euter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lordes house.

Darby Translation

And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house.

Young's Literal Translation

and the priests have not been able to go in unto the house of Jehovah, because the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

And the priests were not able to go into the house of the Lord, for the Lord's house was full of the glory of the Lord.

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Cross references

“the priests”

Revelation 15:8 2 Chronicles 5:14 Exodus 24:17 Isaiah 6:5

Revelation 15:8 · BSB

And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

2 Chronicles 5:14 · BSB

so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

Exodus 24:17 · BSB

And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.

Isaiah 6:5 · BSB

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

3When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the glory of the LORD above the temple, they bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.”

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