indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying: “For He is good, For His mercy endures forever,” that the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God. vv.13-14
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The singers and the trumpeters were all as one tune in the praise to the Lord as the temple was complete both inside and out. The oneness of praise through singing and instruments was heard to the words to God saying "For He is good, for His mercy endures forever." Those were the words at the completion of God's house being built. They weren't words of how beautiful the building was but the praise and thankfulness was that God still dwelt among them. Because God was merciful to them, Because only God is good. This completion of the house of God was exactly how God told David and Solomon to do so God brought His glory in as He covered the house in a cloud just as He was the cloud that protected them in the wilderness that covered the ark. This was showing them His acceptance and that He would be with them. This glory of the cloud was so great that the singers and the instruments had to stop. Have you ever been so overwhelmed by the Lord's goodness that you're just silent whether in worship or in awe?
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