1 Kings 8:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  As in the case of Moses Exodus 40:35 , so now the glory of the Lord, the manifestation of the divine presence, which the cloud usually veiled, shone forth from it with such brilliancy, that mortal...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Solomon's Dedication of the Temple, Prayer and Address. This chapter is mainly Deuteronomic, being clearly written from the standpoint of one who has seen the Temple as the one national sanctuary o...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. The glory of the Lord had filled the house - The cloud, the symbol of...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glo...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Flood (continued) 4. The mountains of Ararat] Ararat is the Assyrian 'Urardhu,' the country round Lake Van, in what is now called Armenia; but the word also signifies 'highlands,' and perhaps...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  The priests could not stand to minister. — So in Exodus 40:35 , “Moses was not able to enter into the Tabernacle; for the cloud rested thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle.” Th...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE TEMPLE WORSHIP 1 Kings 8:1-11 "Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, are these. Behold, ye trust m lying words, that c...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Temple Filled with Glory 1 Kings 8:1-11 When the Temple was finished it was dedicated in connection with the Feast of Tabernacles. All Israel in its most festive attire welcomed the Ark to...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The Temple being finished, the great ceremony of dedication commenced. The permanent link between Tabernacle and Temple was the Ark of the Covenant. With great care and impressive ceremony, they had...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (10) And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, (11) So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  So that the priests could not stand to minister, because of the cloud ,.... Either through the darkness it first caused, or through the light that broke out of it, which was dazzling to them, or thr...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 11. So that the priests could not stand, ] sc., With the s...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  When the priests were come out of the holy place That is, the most holy, where they had set down the ark. The cloud The usual token of God's glorious presence, Exodus 16:10 ; Exodus 24:15-16 ;...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THE ARK AND TABERNACLE FURNITURE (vs.1-13) The temple being completed, there was one matter of importance remaining. Thus, for the bringing of the ark to the temple Solomon assembled the elders...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Dedication of the Temple. B. C. 1003.       1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel,...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Because of the cloud; because the cloud was either so bright that it dazzled their eyes; or rather so dark, that it struck them with horror and amazement, as is implied in the next verse.

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Bringing Of The Ark Into The Temple And The Manifestation Of God's Presence ( 1 Kings 8:1-11 ). The moment for which Solomon had waited had eventually arrived. The Temple itself was now fully...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 8:12 . Dwell in the thick darkness —A deeply solemn gloom which impressed beholders with a mysterious awe. As on Sinai ( Exodus 20:21 בָּעַרָפֶל) so her...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Kings 8:1 . Solomon assembled the elders, after twenty years' labour. That is, in the fourth year of his reign he began to build the temple; in seven years and a half more he finished and dedica...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE .—The stately and impressive service with which the Temple, the character and contents of which have now been described, was dedicated, is relate...

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Ceremony Of Dedication

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• 1 Kings 8:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Corinthians 3:18 ; 2 Corinthians 4:6 ; Acts 7:55 ; Ezekiel 43:2 ; Ezekiel 43:4 ; Ezekiel 43:5 ; Ezekiel 44:4 ; John 1:14 ; Leviticus 9:23 ; Leviticus 9:6 ; Revelation 21:11 ; Revelation...

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