1 Kings 8:12
Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
In Context
13I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
Cross References
Leviticus 16:2and Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat.
Deuteronomy 5:22These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.
Psalms 18:8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
Isaiah 45:15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O 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 →