2 Chronicles 6:1
Then said Solomon, 1 The Lord said that he would dwell in thick darkness. 1
Updated 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, 1 And prepared for thee to dwell in forever.
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 perfect, converting souls: 1 The testimony of the Lord is faithful, instructing babes. 1
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 →