2 Chronicles 6:1
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
Majority Standard Bible
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 You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
Cross References
Exodus 24:15When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
Psalms 18:8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath 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 →