1 Kings 8:12
Then spake Salomon, The Lord said, that he woulde dwell in the darke cloude.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
In Context
13I haue built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to abide in for euer.
Cross References
Leviticus 16:2And the Lord sayd vnto Moses, Speake vnto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the Holy place within the vayle, before the Merciseate, which is vpon the Arke, that he dye not: for I wil appeare in the cloude vpon the Merciseate.
Deuteronomy 5:22These wordes the Lord spake vnto all your multitude in the mount out of the mids of the fire, the cloude and the darkenes, with a great voyce, and added no more thereto: and wrote them vpon two tables of stone, and deliuered them vnto me.
Psalms 18:8Smoke went out at his nostrels, and a consuming fire out of his mouth: coales were kindled thereat.
Isaiah 45:15Verely thou, O God, hidest thy selfe, O God, the Sauiour of Israel.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:2-12
The Dedication of the Temple. ( b. c. 1003.) 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. 3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →