1 Kings 8:12
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
In Context
13I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
Cross References
Leviticus 16:2And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
Deuteronomy 5:22The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
Psalms 18:8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
Isaiah 45:15Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
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 →