1 Kings 8:12
Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
In Context
13Building I have built a house for thy dwelling, to be thy most firm throne for ever.
Cross References
Leviticus 16:2And he commanded him, saying, Speak to Aaron thy brother, that he enter not at all into the sanctuary, which is within the veil before the propitiatory, with which the ark is covered, lest he die, (for I will appear in a cloud over the oracle,)
Deuteronomy 5:22These words the Lord spoke to all the multitude of you in the mountain, out of the midst of the fire and the cloud, and the darkness, with a loud voice, adding nothing more: and he wrote them in two tables of stone, which he delivered unto me.
Psalms 18:8The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
Isaiah 45:15Verily thou art a hidden God, the God of Israel the saviour.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:2-12
The Dedication of the Temple. ( b. c. 1003.) 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →