'Splen dor' in the Bible
Again, the Devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these!
The Devil said to Him, “I will give You their splendor and all this authority, because it has been given over to me, and I can give it to anyone I want.
“Consider how the wildflowers grow: They don’t labor or spin thread. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was adorned like one of these!
There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is different from that of the earthly ones.
There is a splendor of the sun, another of the moon, and another of the stars; for one star differs from another star in splendor.
He did this to present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or anything like that, but holy and blameless.
After this I saw another angel with great authority coming down from heaven, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.