1 Kings 8:12 · KJV
“Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.”
— 1 Kings 8:12
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.
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
1 Kings 8 — Context
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy {place}, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
11So 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.
12Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
14And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
Cross References
Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness {are} round about him: righteousness and judgment {are} the habitation of his throne. {habitation: or, establishment}
2 Chronicles 6:1-11
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Leviticus 16:2
And 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 45:15
Verily thou {art} a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Exodus 20:21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God {was}.
Psalms 18:8-11
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. {out of his nostrils: Heb. by his, etc}
Deuteronomy 5:22
These 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.
Hebrews 12:18
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,