2 Chronicles 6:1
Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah said — to dwell in thick darkness,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 24:15And Moses goeth up unto the mount, and the cloud covereth the mount;
Deuteronomy 4:11and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens — darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness:
Psalms 18:8Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.
Nahum 1:3Jehovah [is] slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest [is] His way, And a cloud [is] 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 →