1 Kings 8:12

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
  • Lev 16:2 : 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.
  • 2 Chr 6:1-9 : 1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. 4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler 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 an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 8 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. 10 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that 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 the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor 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 darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. 11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and 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 midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
  • Deut 5:22 : 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 tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

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  • 2 Chr 6:1-2
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    1Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

    2But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
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    13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

  • 1 Kgs 8:10-11
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    10And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

    11So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 7:12
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    12And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.

  • 1 Kgs 6:11-13
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    11And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,

    12Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform 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
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    12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

  • Ps 18:11
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    11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

  • Ps 97:2
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    2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

  • 1 Kgs 8:27
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    27But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and 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 an house.

  • 2 Chr 1:7-8
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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 shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.

  • 2 Chr 6:18
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    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 built!

  • 2 Chr 7:1-2
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    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 the LORD filled the house.

    2And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
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    3And the LORD 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 mine heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 2 Chr 8:11-12
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    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 the LORD hath come.

    12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,

  • 1 Chr 22:6-7
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    6Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.

    7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

  • Dan 2:22
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    22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

  • 2 Chr 20:8
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    8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

  • Jer 13:16
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    16Give glory to the LORD 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
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    21And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

    22And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:

  • 2 Chr 5:14
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    14So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

  • 2 Chr 2:1
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    1And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

  • Ps 139:11-12
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    11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

    12Yea, 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
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    13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

  • Deut 4:11
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    11And 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.

  • Job 38:19
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    19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

  • 2 Chr 1:3
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    3So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

  • 1 Kgs 9:1
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    1And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do,

  • 1 Chr 28:11
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    11Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,

  • Amos 5:20
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    20Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

  • Job 10:22
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    22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

  • Ps 26:8
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    8LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

  • 2 Chr 8:1
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    1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

  • 2 Kgs 21:7
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    7And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

  • 2 Chr 8:16
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    16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.

  • 2 Sam 7:5
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    5Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in?

  • Ezek 10:4
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    4Then the glory of the LORD went 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 the LORD'S glory.

  • 1 Kgs 6:2
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    2And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

  • Ezek 32:8
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    8All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.

  • 1 Kgs 7:7
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    7Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.