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2 Chronicles 7:2

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 2 Chronicles 7:2 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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The priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh, because the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh's house.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    The priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh, because the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh's house.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the priests were not able to go into the house of Yahweh because the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    The priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh, because the glory of Yahweh filled Yahweh's house.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD’S house.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    So that the Priestes could not euter into the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lordes house.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Neither could the priests enter into the temple of the Lord, because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    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.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and the priests have not been able to go into the house of YHWH, because the glory of YHWH has filled the house of YHWH.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    The priests could not enter the house of Yahweh, because his glory filled his house.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And the priests were not able to go into the house of Yahweh because the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    The priests could not enter into the LORD’s house, because the LORD’s glory filled the LORD’s house.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    The priests couldn't enter the Temple of the Lord because the Lord's glory filled the Lord's Temple.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And the priests were not able to go into the house of the Lord, for the Lord's house was full of the glory of the Lord.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD'S house.

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יָֽכְלוּ֙
yâkôl
H3201
“to prevail”
Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
Part of Speech
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Qal
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Perfect
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3rd Person
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Common
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Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT: 866

to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able - (Qal) - to be able, be able to gain or accomplish, be able to endure, be able to reach - to prevail, prevail over or against, overcome, be victor - to have ability, have strength
  1. וְלֹ֤א lôʼ H3808 “and · not” Conjunction + Particle, Negative
  2. הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים kôhên H3548 “the · priests” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  3. לָב֖וֹא bôwʼ H935 “to enter” Preposition + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct
  4. אֶל ʼêl H413 “to” Preposition
  5. בֵּ֣ית bayith H1004 “house of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  6. יְהוָ֑ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  7. כִּֽי kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  8. מָלֵ֥א mâlêʼ H4390 “to fill” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  9. כְבוֹד kâbôwd H3519 “glory of” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
  10. יְהוָ֖ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  11. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  12. בֵּ֥ית bayith H1004 “house of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  13. יְהוָֽה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper

About this verse

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14
words
11
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Grammatical profile

  • 3 verbs
  • 7 nouns
  • 1 preposition
  • 1 conjunction
  • 2 particles

Verb forms

  • יָֽכְלוּ֙ Qal · Perfect
  • לָב֖וֹא Qal · Infinitive Construct
  • מָלֵ֥א Qal · Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • יְהוָ֑ה LORD H3068 ×3
  • בֵּ֣ית house H1004 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 18 words from the Hebrew and 24 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 14 Hebrew tokens and 20 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

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Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 7:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Revelation 15:8 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.
  • 2 Chronicles 5:14 so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
  • Exodus 24:17 The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
  • Isaiah 6:5 Then I said, "Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Hosts!"

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 7:2 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְלֹ֤א יָֽכְלוּ֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים לָב֖וֹא אֶל בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה כִּֽי מָלֵ֥א כְבוֹד יְהוָ֖ה אֶת בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה

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

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 7:2 Septuagint · lemma form

καί οὐ δύναμαι ὁ ἱερεύς εἰςἔρχομαι εἰς ὁ οἶκος κύριος ἐν ὁ καιρός ἐκεῖνος ὅτι πίμπλημι δόξα κύριος ὁ οἶκος

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

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 7:2 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

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.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown

the priests could not enter--Both from awe of the miraculous fire that was burning on the altar and from the dense cloud that enveloped the sanctuary, they were unable for some time to perform their usual functions (see on Kg1 8:10). But afterwards, their courage and confidence being revived, they approached the altar and busied themselves in the offering of an immense number of sacrifices.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(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.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

2. the priests could not enter] Cp. 2Ch_5:14.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

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 Kg1 8:10.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

Majesty; the cloud. For some time the priests were obliged to keep at a distance. They afterwards offered up many victims. (Calmet)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 14 words (11 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is yâkôl (“to prevail”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word yâkôl carries the sense “to prevail.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. How does Revelation 15:8, which shares this passage’s theme, read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “LORD” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  5. «יָֽכְלוּ֙» is a Qal Perfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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