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1 Kings 8:11 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 8 · verse 11
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.1 Kings 8:11 · King James Version
1 Kings 8:11 in context
9There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
10And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
11So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
12Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ministershârathto attend as a menial or worshipperH8334 →
- priestskôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- filledmâlêʼto fill or be full of, in a wide applicationH4390 →
- standʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- cloudʻânâna cloudH6051 →
- glorykâbôwdproperly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519 →
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The temple, though richly beautified, yet while it was without the ark was like a body without a soul, or a candlestick without a candle, or (to speak more properly) a house without an inhabitant. All the cost and pains bestowed on this stately structure are lost if God do not accept them;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11