1 Kings 8:12
Then, said Solomon,—Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
In Context
13I have, built, a house as a high abode for thee,—A settled place for thee to abide in, for ages.
Cross References
Leviticus 16:2And Yahweh said unto Moses—Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he do not come at all times into the holy place, within the veil,—into the presence of the propitiatory, which is upon the ark, so shall he not die, for, in the cloud, will I appear upon the propitiatory.
Deuteronomy 5:22These words, spake Yahweh unto all the convocation of you in the mount out of the midst of the fire the cloud and the thick gloom, a loud voice, and added not,—and he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.
Psalms 18:8There went up smoke in his nostrils, and, a fire out of his mouth, devoured, Live coals, were kindled from it:
Isaiah 45:15Surely, thou, art a GOD utterly hiding thyself,—O God of Israel, able to save!
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 →