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2 Chronicles 5:14
2 Chronicles 5:14 is verse 14 of 2 Chronicles chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled God’s house.
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2 Chronicles 5:12–14 · Berean Standard Bible
12 all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
13 The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
14 so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Chronicles 7:2The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
1 Timothy 6:16He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
Exodus 40:35Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
Isaiah 6:2Above Him stood seraphim, each having six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
Isaiah 6:3And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
Isaiah 6:4At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
Ezekiel 10:4Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.
Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.