2 Chronicles 7:2
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Neither could the priests enter into the temple of the Lord, because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.

the priests

2 Chronicles 5:14 Nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

Exodus 24:17 And the sight of the glory of the Lord, was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.

Isaiah 6:5 And I said: Woe is me, because I have held my peace; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people that hath unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King the Lord of hosts.

Revelation 15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the majesty 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.

Context
Fire from Heaven
1And when Solomon had made an end of his prayer, fire came down from heaven, and consumed the holocausts and the victims: and the majesty of the Lord filled the house. 2Neither could the priests enter into the temple of the Lord, because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.3Moreover all the children of Israel saw the fire coming down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house: and falling down with their faces to the ground, upon the stone pavement, they adored and praised the Lord: because he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever.…
Cross References
1 Kings 8:10
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the sanctuary, that a cloud filled the house of the Lord,

2 Chronicles 5:14
Nor could the priests stand and minister by reason of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.

Lexicon
The priests
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest

were not
וְלֹ֤א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

able
יָֽכְלוּ֙ (yā·ḵə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3201: To be able, have power

to enter
לָב֖וֹא (lā·ḇō·w)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

the house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

the glory
כְבוֹד־ (ḵə·ḇō·wḏ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

of the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had filled
מָלֵ֥א (mā·lê)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4390: To fill, be full of

[it].
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house


Additional Translations
The priests were not able to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.

And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house.

And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord at that time, for the glory of the Lord filled the house.

And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house.

And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD'S house.

And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house.

The priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh, because the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh's house.

and the priests have not been able to go in unto the house of Jehovah, because the honour of Jehovah hath filled the house of Jehovah.
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