King James Version
1 Kings 8:10 in the King James Version says “And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,”
1 Kings 8:10 · KJV
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. ends: Heb. heads holy: or, ark
There 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. when the: or, where the
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
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.
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“were come out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“And it came to pass when the priests”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
“place that the cloud”
H6051a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud
“filled”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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