KJV King James Version
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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1 Kings 8:12
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
WEB World English Bible
Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
ASV American Standard Version
Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Then said Solomon, ‘Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 8
9 [There was] nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy [place], that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
11 So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
13 I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
15 And he said, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled [it], saying,
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Psalm 97:2Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.2 Chronicles 6:1-11Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.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.Isaiah 45:15Verily thou [art] a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.Exodus 20:21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God [was].Psalm 18:8-11There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.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,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.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.
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