2 Chronicles 7:2
in 2 Chronicles 7The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah’s house.
KJV
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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This verse in 2 Chronicles 7
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering
on 2 Chronicles 7:1-2
The fire that “came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices” is a detail Kings lacks. It joins the fire at the tabernacle in Leviticus 9:24 and on David's altar at 1 Chronicles 21:26. Barnes notes the fact is missing from the parallel in Kings.
This site's exposition
unable to enter the house
The priests are shut out by the presence they serve. Gill ties the verse back to the ark's entry, when the priests could no longer stand to minister, came out, and were unable to reenter. He reads the glory as filling both the holy place and the holy of holies.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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 1Ki 8:10.
By that token of God's acceptance they were encouraged to continue the solemnities of the feast for fourteen days, and Solomon was encouraged to pursue all his designs for the honour of God,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But afterwards, their courage and confidence being revived, they approached the altar and busied themselves in the offering of an immense number of sacrifices.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלֹ֤א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָֽכְלוּ֙ | yakhelu | they were able | H3201 → | 194 times |
| הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| לָב֖וֹא | lavo' | to go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| 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 |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְלֹ֤אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יָֽכְלוּ֙they were able
yakheluH3201 →194 times
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
לָב֖וֹאto go
lavo'H935 →2568 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
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
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Isaiah 6:5Then 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…
it leads to
- Luke 5:8–9
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”
- James 3:6–10
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on…
- Jeremiah 9:3–8
“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 1:6
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
- Luke 5:8–9
Through
2 Chronicles 5:14so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
it leads to
- Exodus 40:35
Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- 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.
- Isaiah 6:1–4
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
- 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.
- Exodus 40:35
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
