2 Chronicles 6:1
Then Solomon said, “The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
World Messianic 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 a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
Cross References
Exodus 24:15Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
Psalms 18:8Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. The LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, 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 →