King James Version
2 Chronicles 5:14 in the King James Version says “So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house o...” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.”
2 Chronicles 5:14 · KJV
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
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
“by reason”
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 God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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