2And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house.
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And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
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.
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)Here is, I. The gracious answer which God immediately made to Solomon’s prayer: The fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifice , 2 Chron. 7:1. In this way God testified his acceptance of Moses (Lev. 9:24), of Gideon (Jdg. 6:21), of David (1 Chron. 21:26), of Elijah (1 Kgs. 18:38); and, in general, to accept the burnt-sacrifice is, in the Hebrew phrase, to turn it to ashes, Ps. 20:3. The…
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