2 Chronicles 6:1
Then said Solomon, “The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
In Context
2And I have indeed built a dwelling-house for thee, and have settled a place for thy abode for ever.”
Cross References
Exodus 24:15And Moses went up to the mount, and the cloud covered the mount.
Deuteronomy 4:11And ye came near and stood at the foot of the mount; and the mount was burning with fire unto the midst of the heaven, [from amidst] darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Psalms 18:8(18:9) Smoke went up in his anger and consuming fire out of his mouth: coals flamed forth from him.
Nahum 1:3The Lord is long-suffering, and great in power, but he will by no means clear the guilty: the Lord—in the whirlwind and in the storm is his way, 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 →