1 Kings 8:10

1 Kings 8:10

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

a. NLT: When the priests came out of the Holy Place, a thick cloud filled the Temple of the LORD.

b. NIV: When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the LORD.

c. YLT: And it cometh to pass, in the going out of the priests from the holyplace, that the cloud hath filled the house of Jehovah,

d. Amplified Bible Classic: When the priests had come out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the Lord’s house,

e. Septuagint: And it came to pass when the priests departed out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: And it was as the Kohanim left the Sanctuary, that the cloud filled the Temple of HASHEM.

1. “And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place…”

a. And it came to pass [No Hebrew]

b. the priests [3548 * Kohen] [Strong: active participle of 3547; literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman):--chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.]

c. were come out [3318 * yatsa'] [Strong:  yaw-tsaw' a primitive root; to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.:--X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.]

d. of the holy place [6944 * qodesh] [Strong: from 6942; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity:--consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.]

1). The context of these events is the completion of the Temple and the placing of all the furniture and everything that was made for the Temple. The priests had just placed the ark in its place and just exited the Holy place.

a). 1 Kings 8:1-11 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers’ houses of the Israelites, before the king in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Zion, the City of David.

8:2 All the men of Israel assembled themselves before King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, Ethanim.

8:3 All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

8:4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up.

8:5 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who had assembled before him were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, so many that they could not be reported or counted.

8:6 And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place in the Holy of Holies of the house, under the wings of the cherubim.

8:7 For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles.

8:8 The poles were so long that the ends of them were seen from the Holy Place before the Holy of Holies, but they were not seen outside; they are there to this day.

8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt.

8:10 When the priests had come out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the Lord’s house,

8:11 So the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.

2. “…that the cloud filled the house of the LORD.”

a. that the cloud [6051 * `anan] [Strong: from 6049; a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud:--cloud(-y).]

b. filled [4390 * male'] [Strong: or malae (Esth. 7:5) {maw-law'}; a primitive root, to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively):--accomplish, confirm, + consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, X draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-)flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, satisfy, set, space, take a (hand-)full, + have wholly.

c. the house [1004 * bayith] [Strong: probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).]

d. of the LORD [3068 * Yhovah] [Strong: from 1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord.]

1). Comparative passage:

a). 2 Chronicles 5:1-14 Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of the Lord was finished. He brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated, and the silver, the gold, and all the vessels he put in the treasuries of the house of God.

5:2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers’ houses of the Israelites, to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the City of David, which is Zion.

5:3 All the men of Israel gathered to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

5:4 And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

5:5 And the priests and Levites brought up the ark, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent.

5:6 Also King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel who were gathered to him before the ark sacrificed sheep and oxen so numerous that they could not be counted or reported.

5:7 And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, to the sanctuary of the house, into the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim;

5:8 For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, making a covering above the ark and its poles.

5:9 And they drew out the poles of the ark, so that the ends of the poles protruding from the ark were visible from the front of the Holy of Holies, but were not visible from without. It is there to this day.

5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tables [the Ten Commandments] which Moses put in it at Mount Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.

5:11 And when the priests had come out of the Holy Place—for all the priests present had sanctified themselves, separating themselves from everything that defiles, without regard to their divisions;

5:12 And all the Levites who were singers—all of those of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, with their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, having cymbals, harps, and lyres—stood at the east end of the altar, and with them 120 priests blowing trumpets;

5:13 And when the trumpeters and singers were joined in unison, making one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and other instruments for song and praised the Lord, saying, For He is good, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever, then the house of the Lord was filled with a cloud,

5:14 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.