2 Chronicles 6:1
Then said Sh'lomo, Hashem hath said that He would dwell in a dark cloud.
Orthodox Jewish 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 Thee a lofty Beis, even a place for Thee to dwell olamim.
Cross References
Exodus 24:15And Moshe went up into HaHar, and an anan concealed HaHar.
Deuteronomy 4:11And ye came near and stood at the foot of the mountain; the mountain burned with eish unto the midst of Shomayim, with choshech, and anan, and thick darkness.
Psalms 18:8Ha'aretz shook and trembled; 1 the foundations also of the mountains quaked 1 and were shaken, because He was angry. 1
Nahum 1:3Hashem is slow to anger, 1 and great in ko'ach, 1 and will not at all leave the guilty unpunished; 1 Hashem hath His way in the whirlwind and in the tempest, 1 and the anan (clouds) are the dust of His feet. 1
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 →