2 Chronicles 6:1
Then said Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
Brenton Septuagint
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 a house to thy name, holy to thee, and prepared for thee to dwell in for ever.
Cross References
Exodus 24:15And Moses and Joshua went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
Deuteronomy 4:11And ye drew nigh and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire up to heaven: there was darkness, blackness, and tempest.
Psalms 18:8The law of the Lord is + 18:8 Gr. spotless.perfect, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, instructing babes.
Nahum 1:3The Lord is long-suffering, and his power is great, and the Lord will not hold any guiltless: his way is in destruction and in the whirlwind, 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 →