1 Kings 8:12
Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
In Context
13I have surely built a house of habitation for Thee; a fixed place for Thine abiding to the ages.'
Cross References
Leviticus 16:2yea, Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Speak unto Aaron thy brother, and he cometh not in at all times unto the sanctuary within the vail, unto the front of the mercy-seat, which [is] upon the ark, and he dieth not, for in a cloud I am seen upon the mercy-seat.
Deuteronomy 5:22'These words hath Jehovah spoken unto all your assembly, in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness — a great voice; and He hath not added, and He writeth them on two tables of stone, and giveth them unto me.
Psalms 18:8Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.
Isaiah 45:15Surely Thou [art] a God hiding Thyself, God of Israel — Saviour!
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 →