1 Kings 8:12
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
KJV
Tunc ait Salomon : Dominus dixit ut habitaret in nebula.
Vulgate
Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
ASV
אָ֖ז אָמַ֣ר שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה יְהוָ֣ה אָמַ֔ר לִ/שְׁכֹּ֖ן בָּ/עֲרָפֶֽל
Hebrew
Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָ֣ז
'z
adverb · 139×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
עֲרָפֶֽל
'rpl
noun · 15×
שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה
shlmh
proper_noun · 280×
שַׁכֵּ֥ן
shkn
verb · 123×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§697Cloud and light. These two images occur together in the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. In the theophanies of the Old Testament, the cloud, now obscure, now luminous, reveals the living and saving God, while veiling the transcendence of his glory - with Moses on Mount Sinai,43 at the tent of meeting,44 and during the wandering in the desert,45 and with Solomon at the dedicat…
Cross-references
- 2Chr 6:1 — Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- 2Chr 6:1 — Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- 2Sam 22:10 — He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
- Deut 4:11 — And 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.
- Deut 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
- Exod 20:21 — And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
- Exod 20:21 — And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
- Heb 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,
- Isa 45:15 — Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
- Job 26:9 — He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
- Lev 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
- Ps 18:8 — There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
- Ps 97:2 — Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.