Bible verse
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 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Kings 8.
7 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
8 The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.
10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
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.
12 Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
13 I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
14 And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all
15 and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
KJV
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.
ASV
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah.
ERV
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
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