2 Chronicles 6:1
Then Solomon spoke, LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
In Context
2But I have built for thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in forever.
Cross References
Exodus 24:15And Moses went up onto the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.
Deuteronomy 4:11And ye came near and stood under the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
Psalms 18:8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
Nahum 1:3LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear [the guilty]. LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 6:1
The glory of the Lord, in the vehicle of a thick cloud, having filled the house which Solomon built, by which God manifested his presence there, he immediately improves the opportunity, and addresses God, as a God now, in a peculiar manner, nigh at hand. I. He makes a solemn declaration of his intention in building this house, to the satisfaction of the people and the honour of God, both of whom he blessed, ver. 1-11 . II. He makes a solemn prayer to God that he would please graciously to accept and answer all the… Read the whole commentary →