King James Version
1 Kings 8:11 in the King James Version says “So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of ...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
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.
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“So that the priests”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
“not stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“to minister”
H8334to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively, to contribute to
“because”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“had filled”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
“for the glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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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