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Vol. IV · Monotheism

1 Kings 8

the cloud of divine glory filling Solomon's Temple at the dedication

priests backing out unable to stand to minister in the overwhelming presence

Organization: Hebrew Bible Theophanies
Time period: Bronze Age – Iron Age (mythic / Genesis–Kings narrative)
Location: Levant / Ancient Near East

Source attribution

This visual depiction is one of 1,947 in the archive — a creative historical rendering of how Biblical Scenes (Genesis–Kings I) has expressed the divine. The depiction is interpretive, not iconographic.