2 Chronicles 5:14
in 2 Chronicles 5so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
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ASV
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 5
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The trumpeters and singers joined together
on 2 Chronicles 5:13-14
Verse 13 adds to 1 Kings 8:10-11: the trumpeters and singers praised “with one voice,” and the house “was filled with a cloud”. Verse 14 uses the language of Exodus 40:34-35: the glory of the LORD fills the house, and the priests cannot stand to minister.
This site's exposition
the glory of the LORD
The cloud stopped the service of the priests. The glory of the LORD came to rest once the ark, holding the tablets of the covenant, stood in its place beneath the cherubim. Clarke's Chaldee names those tablets the Ten Words.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the L ORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
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), which, as it was an evidence that the law made men priests that had infirmity, so (as bishop Patrick observes) it was a plain intimation that the Levitical priesthood should cease, and stand no longer to minister, when the Messiah should come, in whom the fulness of the godhead should dwell bodily. In him the glory of God dwelt among us, but covered with a cloud.
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Glory of the Lord - And this beautified it more than all the gold with which it was overlaid, or the precious stones with which it was garnished. Yet even that was no glory, in comparison of the glory of the gospel-dispensation.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The priests could not stand - What a proof of the being of God, and of the Divine presence! What must those holy men have felt at this time!
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And the trumpeters, etc. were as one The meaning is: And they were united - all the trumpeters together. Now for what purpose were they united? To make one sound together to praise and to thank the Lord.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָֽכְל֧וּ | yakhelu | they were able | H3201 → | 194 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| לַעֲמ֥וֹד | laamod | to stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| לְשָׁרֵ֖ת | lesharet | to serve | H8334 → | 97 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֣י | mipenei | <from> because of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הֶעָנָ֑ן | heanan | the cloud | H6051 → | |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מָלֵ֥א | male' | it filled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| כְבוֹד־ | khevod- | [the] glory of | H3519 → | 200 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ פ | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָֽכְל֧וּthey were able
yakheluH3201 →194 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֛יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
לַעֲמ֥וֹדto stand
laamodH5975 →521 times
לְשָׁרֵ֖תto serve
lesharetH8334 →97 times
מִפְּנֵ֣י<from> because of
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
הֶעָנָ֑ןthe cloud
heananH6051 →
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
מָלֵ֥אit filled
male'H4390 →249 times
כְבוֹד־[the] glory of
khevod-H3519 →200 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ פ<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Revelation 15:8And 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.
it leads to
- Isaiah 6:4
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 5:13–14
The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 8:10–11
And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
- Exodus 40:34–35
Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Isaiah 6:4
Through
Exodus 40:35Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:11
so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 8:11
Through
2 Chronicles 7:2The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
it leads to
- Revelation 15:8
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.
- Revelation 15:8
Through
1 Kings 8:11so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 43:4–5
and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
- Ezekiel 44:4
Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.
- Ezekiel 43:4–5
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.