1 Kings 8:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Lev 16:2 : 2 and Jehovah said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat.
2 Chr 6:1-9 : 1 Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood. 4 And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be prince over my people Israel: 6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 8 But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart: 9 nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. 10 And Jehovah hath performed his word that he spake; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and have built the house for the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 11 And there have I set the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with the children of Israel.
Isa 45:15 : 15 Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Heb 12:18 : 18 For ye are not come unto [a mount] that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Exod 20:21 : 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
Ps 18:8-9 : 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Deut 4:11 : 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
Deut 5:22 : 22 These words Jehovah 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 upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Chr 6:1-2
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1Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
2But I have built thee a house of habitation, and a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
1 Kgs 8:13
78%
13I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.
1 Kgs 8:10-11
2 verses
76%
10And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Jehovah,
11so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah.
2 Chr 7:12
75%
12And Jehovah appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.
1 Kgs 6:11-13
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74%
11And the word of Jehovah came to Solomon, saying,
12Concerning this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute mine ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father.
13And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
2 Sam 22:12
73%
12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Ps 18:11
72%
11He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Ps 97:2
71%
2Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
1 Kgs 8:27
71%
27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
Acts 7:47
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47But Solomon built him a house.
2 Chr 1:7-8
2 verses
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7In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
8And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great lovingkindness unto David my father, and hast made me king in his stead.
2 Chr 6:18
70%
18But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!
2 Chr 7:1-2
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70%
1Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt-offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of Jehovah filled the house.
2And the priests could not enter into the house of Jehovah, because the glory of Jehovah filled Jehovah's house.
1 Kgs 9:3
70%
3And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.
2 Chr 8:11-12
2 verses
70%
11And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her; for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of Jehovah hath come.
12Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah, which he had built before the porch,
1 Chr 22:6-7
2 verses
70%
6Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel.
7And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God.
Dan 2:22
69%
22he revealeth the deep and secret things; he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
2 Chr 20:8
69%
8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
Jer 13:16
69%
16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
1 Kgs 8:21-22
2 verses
69%
21And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
22And Solomon stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
2 Chr 5:14
69%
14so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God.
2 Chr 2:1
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1Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the name of Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.
Ps 139:11-12
2 verses
69%
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm me, And the light about me shall be night;
12Even the darkness hideth not from thee, But the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike [to thee].
Job 22:13
68%
13And thou sayest, What doth God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?
Deut 4:11
68%
11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
Job 38:19
68%
19Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
2 Chr 1:3
68%
3So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness.
1 Kgs 9:1
68%
1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,
1 Chr 28:11
68%
11Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch [of the temple], and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the [ place] [of the mercy-seat;]
Amos 5:20
68%
20Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Job 10:22
68%
22The land dark as midnight, [The land] of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
Ps 26:8
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8Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.
2 Chr 8:1
68%
1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,
2 Kgs 21:7
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7And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;
2 Chr 8:16
68%
16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until it was finished. [So] the house of Jehovah was completed.
2 Sam 7:5
67%
5Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me a house for me to dwell in?
Ezek 10:4
67%
4And the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, [and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory.
1 Kgs 6:2
67%
2And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty [cubits], and the height thereof thirty cubits.
Ezek 32:8
67%
8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.
1 Kgs 7:7
67%
7And he made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.