1 Kings 8:12
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Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
In other translations
Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Psalm 97:2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
- 2 Chronicles 6:1-111 Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. 4 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,1 Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud; 2 and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.” 3 And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all 4 and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
- Leviticus 16:2And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
- Isaiah 45:15Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
- Psalm 18:8-118 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.8 Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth. 9 He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. 10 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.
- Exodus 20:21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
- Hebrews 12:18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
- Deuteronomy 4:11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
- Deuteronomy 5:22These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
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