2 Chronicles 6:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

2 Chronicles 6:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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. …
Exodus 20:21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
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.
Nahum 1:3
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Psalms 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Darkness God Guidance Lord Majesty Theology

Commentary

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

(vv. 1-11)

It is of great consequence, in all our religious actions, that we design well, and that our eye be single. If Solomon had built this temple in the pride of his heart, as Ahasuerus made his feast, only to show the riches of his kingdom and the honour of his majesty, it would not have turned at all to his account. But here he declares upon what inducements he undertook it, and they are such as not o…

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

(vv. 1)

2Ch 6:1-41. Solomon Blesses the People and Praises God. 1. The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness--This introduction to Solomon’s address was evidently suggested by the remarkable incident recorded at the close of the last chapter: the phenomenon of a densely opaque and uniformly shaped cloud, descending in a slow and majestic manner and filling the whole area of the temple.…