2 Chronicles 6:1
Then Solomon said, “YHWH said [He would] dwell in thick darkness,
Literal Standard Version
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 built a house of habitation for You, and a fixed place for Your dwelling for all ages.”
Cross References
Exodus 24:15And Moses goes up to the mountain, and the cloud covers the mountain;
Deuteronomy 4:11and you draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire to the heart of the heavens, [with] darkness, cloud, and thick darkness,
Psalms 18:8Smoke has gone up from His nostrils, || And fire from His mouth consumes, || Coals have been kindled by it.
Nahum 1:3YHWH [is] slow to anger, and great in power, || And YHWH does not entirely acquit, || In a windstorm and in a storm [is] His way, || And a cloud [is] 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 →