2 Chronicles 1-5: A Holy Place

The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions.  All the Levites who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets. The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one voice, to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, they raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang:
   “He is good;
   his love endures forever.”
Then the temple of the LORD was filled with a cloud, and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the temple of God.  - 2 Chron. 5:11-14 NIV

Solomon built a magnificent temple for God, the likes of which had not been seen.  It was not an altar like those where the other inhabitants of the land worshipped their gods.  It was a temple where God, the only true God, would actually reside.  It was a holy place, full of the glory of the Lord and suddenly, all of the work that had been done, all of the magnificent works by all of the craftsmen, all of the gold, silver and finest materials that went into the structure, all of the worship and praise by all of the priests and musicians became insignificant.  Every one fell speechless. The glory of the Lord filled the temple of God.

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