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New King James Version

2 Chronicles 5:14

so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Temple;   Worship;   Thompson Chain Reference - Light, Spiritual;   Light-Darkness;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cloud;   Shechinah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cloud;   Jeduthun;   Tongues, Gift of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Solomon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Music;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Cloud;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Music;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Glory;   House of God;   Temple;   Worship;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Cloud;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory of the Lord filled God’s temple.
Hebrew Names Version
so that the Kohanim could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.
New Century Version
The priests could not continue their work because of the cloud, because the Lord 's glory filled the Temple of God.
New English Translation
The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord 's splendor filled God's temple.
Amplified Bible
so that the priests could not remain standing to minister because of the cloud; for the glory and brilliance of the LORD filled the house of God.
New American Standard Bible
so that the priests could not rise to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
World English Bible
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So that the Priests could not stand to minister, because of the cloude: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
Legacy Standard Bible
so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord 's glory was in that cloud, and the light from it was so bright that the priests could not stay inside to do their work.
Complete Jewish Bible
so that because of the cloud, the cohanim could not stand up to perform their service; for the glory of Adonai filled the house of God.
Darby Translation
and the priests could not stand to do their service because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God.
Easy-to-Read Version
The priests could not continue to serve because of the cloud, because the Glory of the Lord filled the Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the house of the LORD was filled with the brightness of his glory.
Lexham English Bible
And the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
Literal Translation
so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah had filled the house of God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so yt the prestes coulde not stonde to mynister for the cloude: for the glory of the LORDE fylled the house of God.
American Standard Version
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God.
Bible in Basic English
So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud; for the house of God was full of the glory of the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So that the priestes coulde not endure to minister by the reason of the cloude: For the maiestie of the Lorde had filled the house of God.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
King James Version (1611)
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.
English Revised Version
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the preestis miyten not stonde and serue for the derknesse; for the glorie of the Lord hadde fillid the hows of the Lord.
Update Bible Version
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
New Living Translation
The priests could not continue their service because of the cloud, for the glorious presence of the Lord filled the Temple of God.
New Life Bible
The religious leaders could not stand to do their work because of the cloud. For the shining-greatness of the Lord filled the house of God.
New Revised Standard
so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the priests could not stand to minister, by reason of the cloud,-for, the glory of Yahweh, filled, the house of God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
Revised Standard Version
so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
Young's Literal Translation
and the priests have not been able to stand to minister from the presence of the cloud, for the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of God.
THE MESSAGE
That completed the work King Solomon did on The Temple of God . He then brought in the holy offerings of his father David, the silver and the gold and the artifacts. He placed them all in the treasury of God's Temple. Bringing all this to a climax, Solomon got all the leaders together in Jerusalem—all the chiefs of tribes and the family patriarchs—to move the Chest of the Covenant of God from Zion and install it in The Temple. All the men of Israel assembled before the king on the feast day of the seventh month, the Feast of Booths. When all the leaders of Israel were ready, the Levites took up the Chest. They carried the Chest, the Tent of Meeting, and all the sacred things in the Tent used in worship. The priests, all Levites, carried them. King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel were there before the Chest, worshiping and sacrificing huge numbers of sheep and cattle—so many that no one could keep track. The priests brought the Chest of the Covenant of God to its place in the Inner Sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim. The outspread wings of the cherubim formed a canopy over the Chest and its poles. The ends of the poles were so long that they stuck out from the entrance of the Inner Sanctuary, but were not noticeable further out—they're still there today. There was nothing in the Chest itself but the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb where God made a covenant with Israel after bringing them up from Egypt. The priests then left the Holy Place. All the priests there were consecrated, regardless of rank or assignment; and all the Levites who were musicians were there—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their families, dressed in their worship robes; the choir and orchestra assembled on the east side of the Altar and were joined by 120 priests blowing trumpets. The choir and trumpets made one voice of praise and thanks to God —orchestra and choir in perfect harmony singing and playing praise to God : Yes! God is good! His loyal love goes on forever! Then a billowing cloud filled The Temple of God . The priests couldn't even carry out their duties because of the cloud—the glory of God !—that filled The Temple of God.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

Contextual Overview

11 And it came to pass when the priests came out of the Most Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without keeping to their divisions), 12 and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets-- 13 indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying: "For He is good,For His mercy endures forever," Psalms 106:1 ">[fn]
that the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, 14 so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the priests: 2 Chronicles 7:2, 1 Timothy 6:16

the glory: Exodus 40:35, Isaiah 6:1-4, Ezekiel 10:4, Revelation 15:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:17 - the house Exodus 19:16 - thick Exodus 29:43 - sanctified Leviticus 9:6 - and the glory Leviticus 16:2 - in the cloud 1 Kings 8:9 - when 2 Chronicles 7:1 - the glory Ezra 5:11 - which a great Psalms 26:8 - where Isaiah 6:4 - the house Ezekiel 1:4 - a great Ezekiel 43:5 - the glory Haggai 2:7 - I will fill

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 5:14. 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!


 
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