2 Chronicles 6:1
Then said Solomon, The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Updated King James Version
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 an house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling for ever.
Cross References
Exodus 24:15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Deuteronomy 4:11And all of you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Psalms 18:8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: 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 →