Verse 1

Then spake{H559} Solomon,{H8010} Jehovah{H3068} hath said{H559} that he would dwell{H7931} in the thick darkness.{H6205}

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:21 : 21 And the people{H5971} stood{H5975} afar off,{H7350} and Moses{H4872} drew near{H5066} unto the thick darkness{H6205} where God{H430} was.
  • 1 Kgs 8:12-50 : 12 Then spake{H559} Solomon,{H8010} Jehovah{H3068} hath said{H559} that he would dwell{H7931} in the thick darkness.{H6205} 13 I have surely{H1129} built{H1129} thee a house{H1004} of habitation,{H2073} a place{H4349} for thee to dwell in{H2073} for ever.{H5769} 14 And the king{H4428} turned{H5437} his face{H6440} about,{H5437} and blessed{H1288} all the assembly{H6951} of Israel:{H3478} and all the assembly{H6951} of Israel{H3478} stood.{H5975} 15 And he said,{H559} Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} who spake{H1696} with his mouth{H6310} unto David{H1732} thy father,{H1} and hath with his hand{H3027} fulfilled{H4390} it, saying,{H559} 16 Since the day{H3117} that I brought forth{H3318} my people{H5971} Israel{H3478} out of Egypt,{H4714} I chose{H977} no city{H5892} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to build{H1129} a house,{H1004} that my name{H8034} might be there; but I chose{H977} David{H1732} to be over my people{H5971} Israel.{H3478} 17 Now it was in the heart{H3824} of David{H1732} my father{H1} to build{H1129} a house{H1004} for the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel.{H3478} 18 But Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto David{H1732} my father,{H1} Whereas{H3282} it was in thy heart{H3824} to build{H1129} a house{H1004} for my name,{H8034} thou didst well{H2895} that it was in thy heart:{H3824} 19 nevertheless{H7535} thou shalt not build{H1129} the house;{H1004} but thy son{H1121} that shall come forth out{H3318} of thy loins,{H2504} he shall build{H1129} the house{H1004} for my name.{H8034} 20 And Jehovah{H3068} hath established{H6965} his word{H1697} that he spake;{H1696} for I am risen up{H6965} in the room of David{H1732} my father,{H1} and sit{H3427} on the throne{H3678} of Israel,{H3478} as Jehovah{H3068} promised,{H1696} and have built{H1129} the house{H1004} for the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel.{H3478} 21 And there have I set{H7760} a place{H4725} for the ark,{H727} wherein is the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah,{H3068} which he made{H3772} with our fathers,{H1} when he brought them out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714} 22 And Solomon{H8010} stood{H5975} before{H6440} the altar{H4196} of Jehovah{H3068} in the presence of{H5048} all the assembly{H6951} of Israel,{H3478} and spread forth{H6566} his hands{H3709} toward heaven;{H8064} 23 and he said,{H559} O Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} there is no God{H430} like thee, in heaven{H8064} above,{H4605} or on earth{H776} beneath; who keepest{H8104} covenant{H1285} and lovingkindness{H2617} with thy servants,{H5650} that walk{H1980} before{H6440} thee with all their heart;{H3820} 24 who hast kept{H8104} with thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1} that which thou didst promise{H1696} him: yea, thou spakest{H1696} with thy mouth,{H6310} and hast fulfilled{H4390} it with thy hand,{H3027} as it is this day.{H3117} 25 Now therefore, O Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} keep{H8104} with thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1} that which thou hast promised{H1696} him, saying,{H559} There shall not fail{H3772} thee a man{H376} in my sight{H6440} to sit{H3427} on the throne{H3678} of Israel,{H3478} if{H7535} only thy children{H1121} take heed{H8104} to their way,{H1870} to walk{H3212} before{H6440} me as thou hast walked{H1980} before{H6440} me. 26 Now therefore, O God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} let thy word,{H1697} I pray thee, be verified,{H539} which thou spakest{H1696} unto thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father.{H1} 27 But will God{H430} in very deed{H552} dwell{H3427} on the earth?{H776} behold, heaven{H8064} and the heaven{H8064} of heavens{H8064} cannot contain{H3557} thee; how much less{H637} this house{H1004} that I have builded!{H1129} 28 Yet have thou respect{H6437} unto the prayer{H8605} of thy servant,{H5650} and to his supplication,{H8467} O Jehovah{H3068} my God,{H430} to hearken{H8085} unto the cry{H7440} and to the prayer{H8605} which thy servant{H5650} prayeth{H6419} before{H6440} thee this day;{H3117} 29 that thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605} toward this house{H1004} night{H3915} and day,{H3117} even toward the place{H4725} whereof thou hast said,{H559} My name{H8034} shall be there; to hearken{H8085} unto the prayer{H8605} which thy servant{H5650} shall pray{H6419} toward this place.{H4725} 30 And hearken{H8085} thou to the supplication{H8467} of thy servant,{H5650} and of thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} when they shall pray{H6419} toward this place:{H4725} yea, hear{H8085} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling -{H3427} place;{H4725} and when thou hearest,{H8085} forgive.{H5545} 31 If a man{H376} sin{H2398} against his neighbor,{H7453} and an oath{H423} be laid{H5375} upon him to cause him to swear,{H422} and he come{H935} [and] swear{H423} before{H6440} thine altar{H4196} in this house;{H1004} 32 then hear{H8085} thou in heaven,{H8064} and do,{H6213} and judge{H8199} thy servants,{H5650} condemning{H7561} the wicked,{H7563} to bring{H5414} his way{H1870} upon his own head,{H7218} and justifying{H6663} the righteous,{H6662} to give{H5414} him according to his righteousness.{H6666} 33 When thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478} are smitten down{H5062} before{H6440} the enemy,{H341} because they have sinned{H2398} against thee; if they turn again{H7725} to thee, and confess{H3034} thy name,{H8034} and pray{H6419} and make supplication{H2603} unto thee in this house:{H1004} 34 then hear{H8085} thou in heaven,{H8064} and forgive{H5545} the sin{H2403} of thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} and bring them again{H7725} unto the land{H127} which thou gavest{H5414} unto their fathers.{H1} 35 When heaven{H8064} is shut up,{H6113} and there is no rain,{H4306} because they have sinned{H2398} against thee; if they pray{H6419} toward this place,{H4725} and confess{H3034} thy name,{H8034} and turn{H7725} from their sin,{H2403} when thou dost afflict{H6031} them: 36 then hear{H8085} thou in heaven,{H8064} and forgive{H5545} the sin{H2403} of thy servants,{H5650} and of thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} when thou teachest{H3384} them the good{H2896} way{H1870} wherein they should walk;{H3212} and send{H5414} rain{H4306} upon thy land,{H776} which thou hast given{H5414} to thy people{H5971} for an inheritance.{H5159} 37 If there be in the land{H776} famine,{H7458} if there be pestilence,{H1698} if there be blasting{H7711} [or] mildew,{H3420} locust{H697} [or] caterpillar;{H2625} if their enemy{H341} besiege{H6887} them in the land{H776} of their cities;{H8179} whatsoever plague,{H5061} whatsoever sickness{H4245} there be; 38 what prayer{H8605} and supplication{H8467} soever be made by any man,{H120} [or] by all thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} who shall know{H3045} every man{H376} the plague{H5061} of his own heart,{H3824} and spread forth{H6566} his hands{H3709} toward this house:{H1004} 39 then hear{H8085} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling -{H3427} place,{H4349} and forgive,{H5545} and do,{H6213} and render{H5414} unto every man{H376} according to all his ways,{H1870} whose heart{H3824} thou knowest;{H3045} (for thou, even thou only, knowest{H3045} the hearts{H3824} of all the children{H1121} of men;){H120} 40 that they may fear{H3372} thee all the days{H3117} that they live{H2416} in{H6440} the land{H127} which thou gavest{H5414} unto our fathers.{H1} 41 Moreover concerning the foreigner,{H5237} that is not of thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} when he shall come out{H935} of a far{H7350} country{H776} for{H4616} thy name's{H8034} sake 42 (for they shall hear{H8085} of thy great{H1419} name,{H8034} and of thy mighty{H2389} hand,{H3027} and of thine outstretched{H5186} arm);{H2220} when he shall come{H935} and pray{H6419} toward this house;{H1004} 43 hear{H8085} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling -{H3427} place,{H4349} and do{H6213} according to all that the foreigner{H5237} calleth{H7121} to thee for; that all the peoples{H5971} of the earth{H776} may know{H3045} thy name,{H8034} to fear{H3372} thee, as doth thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} and that they may know{H3045} that this house{H1004} which I have built{H1129} is called{H7121} by my name.{H8034} 44 If thy people{H5971} go out{H3318} to battle{H4421} against their enemy,{H341} by whatsoever{H1870} way thou shalt send{H7971} them, and they pray{H6419} unto Jehovah{H3068} toward{H1870} the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen,{H977} and toward the house{H1004} which I have built{H1129} for thy name;{H8034} 45 then hear{H8085} thou in heaven{H8064} their prayer{H8605} and their supplication,{H8467} and maintain{H6213} their cause.{H4941} 46 If they sin{H2398} against thee (for there is no man{H120} that sinneth{H2398} not), and thou be angry{H599} with them, and deliver{H5414} them to the enemy,{H341} so that they carry them away{H7617} captive{H7617} unto{H6440} the land{H776} of the enemy,{H341} far{H7350} off or near;{H7138} 47 yet if they shall bethink{H7725} themselves in the land{H776} whither they are carried captive,{H7617} and turn{H7725} again, and make supplication{H2603} unto thee in the land{H776} of them that carried them captive,{H7617} saying,{H559} We have sinned,{H2398} and have done perversely,{H5753} we have dealt wickedly;{H7561} 48 if they return{H7725} unto thee with all their heart{H3824} and with all their soul{H5315} in the land{H776} of their enemies,{H341} who carried them captive,{H7617} and pray{H6419} unto thee toward{H1870} their land,{H776} which thou gavest{H5414} unto their fathers,{H1} the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen,{H977} and the house{H1004} which I have built{H1129} for thy name:{H8034} 49 then hear{H8085} thou their prayer{H8605} and their supplication{H8467} in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling -{H3427} place,{H4349} and maintain{H6213} their cause;{H4941} 50 and forgive{H5545} thy people{H5971} who have sinned{H2398} against thee, and all their transgressions{H6588} wherein they have transgressed{H6586} against thee; and give{H5414} them compassion{H7356} before{H6440} those who carried them captive,{H7617} that they may have compassion{H7355} on them
  • Heb 12:18 : 18 For{G1063} ye are{G4334} not{G3756} come unto{G4334} [a mount]{G3735} that might be touched,{G5584} and{G2532} that burned{G2545} with fire,{G4442} and{G2532} unto blackness,{G1105} and{G2532} darkness,{G4655} and{G2532} tempest,{G2366}
  • Ps 18:8-9 : 8 There went up{H5927} a smoke{H6227} out of his nostrils,{H639} And fire{H784} out of his mouth{H6310} devoured:{H398} Coals{H1513} were kindled{H1197} by it. 9 He bowed{H5186} the heavens{H8064} also, and came down;{H3381} And thick darkness{H6205} was under his feet.{H7272} 10 And he rode{H7392} upon a cherub,{H3742} and did fly;{H5774} Yea, he soared{H1675} upon the wings{H3671} of the wind.{H7307} 11 He made{H7896} darkness{H2822} his hiding-place,{H5643} his pavilion{H5521} round about{H5439} him, Darkness{H2824} of waters,{H4325} thick clouds{H5645} of the skies.{H5645}
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds{H6051} and darkness{H6205} are round about{H5439} him: Righteousness{H6664} and justice{H4941} are the foundation{H4349} of his throne.{H3678}
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 Jehovah{H3068} is slow{H750} to anger,{H639} and great{H1419} in power,{H3581} and will by no means{H5352} clear{H5352} [the guilty]: Jehovah{H3068} hath his way{H1870} in the whirlwind{H5492} and in the storm,{H8183} and the clouds{H6051} are the dust{H80} of his feet.{H7272}
  • Exod 24:15-18 : 15 And Moses{H4872} went up{H5927} into the mount,{H2022} and the cloud{H6051} covered{H3680} the mount.{H2022} 16 And the glory{H3519} of Jehovah{H3068} abode{H7931} upon mount{H2022} Sinai,{H5514} and the cloud{H6051} covered{H3680} it six{H8337} days:{H3117} and the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} he called{H7121} unto Moses{H4872} out of the midst{H8432} of the cloud.{H6051} 17 And the appearance{H4758} of the glory{H3519} of Jehovah{H3068} was like devouring{H398} fire{H784} on the top{H7218} of the mount{H2022} in the eyes{H5869} of the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 18 And Moses{H4872} entered{H935} into the midst{H8432} of the cloud,{H6051} and went up{H5927} into the mount:{H2022} and Moses{H4872} was in the mount{H2022} forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights.{H3915}
  • Lev 16:2 : 2 and Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Moses,{H4872} Speak{H1696} unto Aaron{H175} thy brother,{H251} that he come{H935} not at all times{H6256} into the holy{H6944} place within{H1004} the veil,{H6532} before{H6440} the mercy-seat{H3727} which is upon the ark;{H727} that he die{H4191} not: for I will appear{H7200} in the cloud{H6051} upon the mercy-seat.{H3727}
  • Deut 4:11 : 11 And ye came near{H7126} and stood{H5975} under the mountain;{H2022} and the mountain{H2022} burned{H1197} with fire{H784} unto the heart{H3820} of heaven,{H8064} with darkness,{H6205} cloud, and thick darkness.{H2822}