2 Chronicles 7:2

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The priests were unable to enter the LORD’s temple because the LORD’s splendor filled the LORD’s temple.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 5:14 : 14 The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the LORD’s splendor filled God’s temple.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 I said,“Woe to me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Rev 15:8 : 8 and the temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from his power. Thus no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues from the seven angels were completed.
  • Exod 24:17 : 17 Now the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 1 Kgs 8:10-12
    3 verses
    88%

    10 Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the LORD’s temple.

    11 The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the LORD’s glory filled his temple.

    12 Then Solomon said,“The LORD has said that he lives in thick darkness.

  • 2 Chr 5:13-14
    2 verses
    87%

    13 The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the LORD, singing:“Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!” Then a cloud filled the LORD’s temple.

    14 The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the LORD’s splendor filled God’s temple.

  • 2 Chr 7:1
    81%

    1 Solomon Dedicates the Temple When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the LORD’s splendor filled the temple.

  • Ezek 10:3-4
    2 verses
    77%

    3 (The cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.)

    4 Then the glory of the LORD arose from the cherub and moved to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud while the court was filled with the brightness of the LORD’s glory.

  • Exod 40:34-35
    2 verses
    77%

    34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

    35 Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

  • 2 Chr 7:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3 When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the LORD’s splendor over the temple, they got on their knees with their faces downward toward the pavement. They worshiped and gave thanks to the LORD, saying,“Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!”

    4 The king and all the people were presenting sacrifices to the LORD.

  • Rev 15:8
    75%

    8 and the temple was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from his power. Thus no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues from the seven angels were completed.

  • Ezek 43:4-5
    2 verses
    75%

    4 The glory of the LORD came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east.

    5 Then a wind lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched the glory of the LORD filling the temple.

  • 2 Chr 23:6
    74%

    6 No one must enter the LORD’s temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the LORD.

  • Ezek 44:4
    72%

    4 Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed the glory of the LORD filling the LORD’s temple, and I threw myself face down.

  • Ezek 10:18
    72%

    18 Then the glory of the LORD moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim.

  • 2 Chr 7:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6 The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the LORD.(These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the LORD and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying,“Certainly his loyal love endures.”) Opposite the Levites, the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.

    7 Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the LORD’s temple. He offered burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was too small to hold all these offerings.

  • 2 Chr 5:7
    72%

    7 The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubim.

  • Isa 6:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 They called out to one another,“Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!”

    4 The sound of their voices shook the door frames, and the temple was filled with smoke.

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    71%

    18 “God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

  • 1 Kgs 8:6
    71%

    6 The priests brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.

  • 1 Chr 16:27
    71%

    27 Majestic splendor emanates from him, he is the source of strength and joy.

  • Ps 135:2
    71%

    2 who serve in the LORD’s temple, in the courts of the temple of our God.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
    70%

    27 “God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

  • 2 Chr 29:7
    70%

    7 They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 3:2
    70%

    2 Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 5:11
    70%

    11 The priests left the holy place. All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented.

  • Num 20:6
    70%

    6 Moses Responds So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They then threw themselves down with their faces to the ground, and the glory of the LORD appeared to them.

  • 2 Chr 29:16
    70%

    16 The priests then entered the LORD’s temple to purify it; they brought out to the courtyard of the LORD’s temple every ceremonially unclean thing they discovered inside. The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley.

  • 2 Chr 7:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    11 The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning After Solomon finished building the LORD’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the LORD’s temple and his royal palace,

    12 the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him:“I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.

  • Ps 29:2
    70%

    2 Acknowledge the majesty of the LORD’s reputation! Worship the LORD in holy attire!

  • 2 Chr 12:11
    69%

    11 Whenever the king visited the LORD’s temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom.

  • Ezek 9:3
    69%

    3 Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub where it had rested to the threshold of the temple. He called to the man dressed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.

  • 2 Chr 30:27
    69%

    27 The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The LORD responded favorably to them as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.

  • Ps 5:7
    69%

    7 But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.

  • 2 Chr 30:3
    69%

    3 They were unable to observe it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 42:14
    69%

    14 When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are.”

  • Lam 2:7
    69%

    7 ז(Zayin) The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy her palace walls; the enemy shouted in the LORD’s temple as if it were a feast day.

  • Num 16:19
    69%

    19 When Korah assembled the whole community against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting, then the glory of the LORD appeared to the whole community.

  • Ps 96:8
    68%

    8 Ascribe to the LORD the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his courts!

  • Heb 9:6
    68%

    6 So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent as they perform their duties.

  • 2 Chr 23:19
    68%

    19 He posted guards at the gates of the LORD’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

  • 2 Chr 3:7
    68%

    7 He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

  • 1 Kgs 6:30
    68%

    30 He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out.

  • Hag 1:8
    68%

    8 Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build the temple. Then I will be pleased and honored,’ says the LORD.

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