Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 7:2
And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’s house.
2. the priests could not enter ] Cp. 2Ch 5:14.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
2. the priests could not enterBothfrom awe of the miraculous fire that was burning on the altar andfrom the dense cloud that enveloped the sanctuary, they were unablefor some time to perform their usual functions (see on 1Ki8:10). But afterwards, their courage and confidence beingrevived, they approached the altar and busied themselves in theoffering of an immense number of sacrifices.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord,…. They went in to carry the ark thither, but not being able to stand to minister, they came out, and could not reenter:
because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house; both the holy place, and the holy of holies, see 1Ki 8:10.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(2) And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord.Hardly a different assertion from that of 2Ch. 5:14 ( the priests could not stand to minister); the cause in both instances being the same, and expressed in the same words (1Ki. 8:11). But it is quite plain that the writer intends to record in 2 Chronicles 5, 7 two distinct appearances of the Divine glory, one before and one after the Prayer of Consecration, both of which were attended by the same effects upon the ministering priests.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
God is awful even in his mercies. The fire which consumed the sacrifice, had it consumed them would have been their just desert: And in that it consumed the offering, it implied as much. The fire of God’s wrath burns against sin: That sin transferred to the sacrifice, there it breaks forth. Oh! precious, precious Jesus! what love was thine to take my sins, and to sustain the fire of thy Father’s wrath, that I might escape, and thou endure. Oh! for grace to love thee as thou hast loved me!
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD’S house.
Ver. 2. And the priests could not enter. ] See 1Ki 8:11 . By reason of an astonishing reverence: besides the brightness of the glory, as before.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the priests: 2Ch 5:14, Exo 24:17, Isa 6:5, Rev 15:8
Reciprocal: Exo 40:34 – a cloud Exo 40:35 – General Mat 23:21 – and by