1 Kings 8:12 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹²Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

1 Kings 8:12 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
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.
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. …
Isaiah 45:15
Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-21)

Here, I. Solomon encourages the priests, who came out of the temple from their ministration, much astonished at the dark cloud that overshadowed them. The disciples of Christ feared when they entered into the cloud, though it was a bright cloud (Luke 9:34), so did the priests when they found themselves wrapped in a thick cloud. To silence their fears, 1. He reminds them of that which they could no…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 12)

12. Then spake Solomon--For the reassurance of the priests and people, the king reminded them that the cloud, instead of being a sign ominous of evil, was a token of approval. The Lord said--not in express terms, but by a continuous course of action (Ex 13:21; 24:16; Nu 9:15).