Verse 1

Then said{H559}{(H8804)} Solomon{H8010}, The LORD{H3068} hath said{H559}{(H8804)} that he would dwell{H7931}{(H8800)} in the thick darkness{H6205}.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:21 : 21 And the people{H5971} stood{H5975}{(H8799)} afar off{H7350}, and Moses{H4872} drew near{H5066}{(H8738)} unto the thick darkness{H6205} where God{H430} was.
  • 1 Kgs 8:12-50 : 12 Then spake{H559}{(H8804)} Solomon{H8010}, The LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8804)} that he would dwell{H7931}{(H8800)} in the thick darkness{H6205}. 13 I have surely{H1129}{(H8800)} built{H1129}{(H8804)} thee an house{H1004} to dwell in{H2073}, a settled place{H4349} for thee to abide in{H3427}{(H8800)} for ever{H5769}. 14 And the king{H4428} turned{H5437} his face{H6440} about{H5437}{(H8686)}, and blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} all the congregation{H6951} of Israel{H3478}:(and all the congregation{H6951} of Israel{H3478} stood{H5975}{(H8802)};) 15 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} be the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, which spake{H1696}{(H8765)} with his mouth{H6310} unto David{H1732} my father{H1}, and hath with his hand{H3027} fulfilled{H4390}{(H8765)} it, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, 16 Since the day{H3117} that I brought forth{H3318}{(H8689)} my people{H5971} Israel{H3478} out of Egypt{H4714}, I chose{H977}{(H8804)} no city{H5892} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} an house{H1004}, that my name{H8034} might be therein; but I chose{H977}{(H8799)} David{H1732} to be over my people{H5971} Israel{H3478}. 17 And it was in the heart{H3824} of David{H1732} my father{H1} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} an house{H1004} for the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}. 18 And the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto David{H1732} my father{H1}, Whereas{H3282}{H834} it was in thine heart{H3824} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} an house{H1004} unto my name{H8034}, thou didst well{H2895}{(H8689)} that it was in thine heart{H3824}. 19 Nevertheless{H7535} thou shalt not build{H1129}{(H8799)} the house{H1004}; but thy son{H1121} that shall come forth out{H3318}{(H8802)} of thy loins{H2504}, he shall build{H1129}{(H8799)} the house{H1004} unto my name{H8034}. 20 And the LORD{H3068} hath performed{H6965}{(H8686)} his word{H1697} that he spake{H1696}{(H8765)}, and I am risen up{H6965}{(H8799)} in the room of David{H1732} my father{H1}, and sit{H3427}{(H8799)} on the throne{H3678} of Israel{H3478}, as the LORD{H3068} promised{H1696}{(H8765)}, and have built{H1129}{(H8799)} an house{H1004} for the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}. 21 And I have set{H7760}{(H8799)} there a place{H4725} for the ark{H727}, wherein is the covenant{H1285} of the LORD{H3068}, which he made{H3772}{(H8804)} with our fathers{H1}, when he brought them out{H3318}{(H8687)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}. 22 And Solomon{H8010} stood{H5975}{(H8799)} before{H6440} the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068} in the presence of{H5048} all the congregation{H6951} of Israel{H3478}, and spread forth{H6566}{(H8799)} his hands{H3709} toward heaven{H8064}: 23 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, LORD{H3068} 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}{(H8802)} covenant{H1285} and mercy{H2617} with thy servants{H5650} that walk{H1980}{(H8802)} before{H6440} thee with all their heart{H3820}: 24 Who hast kept{H8104}{(H8804)} with thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1} that thou promisedst{H1696}{(H8765)} him: thou spakest{H1696}{(H8762)} also with thy mouth{H6310}, and hast fulfilled{H4390}{(H8765)} it with thine hand{H3027}, as it is this day{H3117}. 25 Therefore now, LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, keep{H8104}{(H8798)} with thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1} that thou promisedst{H1696}{(H8765)} him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, There shall not fail{H3772}{(H8735)} thee a man{H376} in my sight{H6440} to sit{H3427}{(H8802)} on the throne{H3678} of Israel{H3478}; so{H7535} that thy children{H1121} take heed{H8104}{(H8799)} to their way{H1870}, that they walk{H3212}{(H8800)} before{H6440} me as thou hast walked{H1980}{(H8804)} before{H6440} me. 26 And now, O God{H430} of Israel{H3478}, let thy word{H1697}, I pray thee, be verified{H539}{(H8735)}, which thou spakest{H1696}{(H8765)} unto thy servant{H5650} David{H1732} my father{H1}. 27 But will God{H430} indeed{H552} dwell{H3427}{(H8799)} on the earth{H776}? behold, the heaven{H8064} and heaven{H8064} of heavens{H8064} cannot contain{H3557}{(H8770)} thee; how much less{H637} this house{H1004} that I have builded{H1129}{(H8804)}? 28 Yet have thou respect{H6437}{(H8804)} unto the prayer{H8605} of thy servant{H5650}, and to his supplication{H8467}, O LORD{H3068} my God{H430}, to hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto the cry{H7440} and to the prayer{H8605}, which thy servant{H5650} prayeth{H6419}{(H8693)} before{H6440} thee to day{H3117}: 29 That thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605}{(H8803)} toward this house{H1004} night{H3915} and day{H3117}, even toward the place{H4725} of which thou hast said{H559}{(H8804)}, My name{H8034} shall be there: that thou mayest hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto the prayer{H8605} which thy servant{H5650} shall make{H6419}{(H8691)} toward this place{H4725}. 30 And hearken{H8085}{(H8804)} thou to the supplication{H8467} of thy servant{H5650}, and of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, when they shall pray{H6419}{(H8691)} toward this place{H4725}: and hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4725}: and when thou hearest{H8085}{(H8804)}, forgive{H5545}{(H8804)}. 31 If any man{H376} trespass{H2398}{(H8799)} against his neighbour{H7453}, and an oath{H423} be laid{H5375}{(H8804)} upon him to cause him to swear{H422}{(H8687)}, and the oath{H423} come{H935}{(H8804)} before{H6440} thine altar{H4196} in this house{H1004}: 32 Then hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)}, and judge{H8199}{(H8804)} thy servants{H5650}, condemning{H7561}{(H8687)} the wicked{H7563}, to bring{H5414}{(H8800)} his way{H1870} upon his head{H7218}; and justifying{H6663}{(H8687)} the righteous{H6662}, to give{H5414}{(H8800)} him according to his righteousness{H6666}. 33 When thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478} be smitten down{H5062}{(H8736)} before{H6440} the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, because they have sinned{H2398}{(H8799)} against thee, and shall turn again{H7725}{(H8804)} to thee, and confess{H3034}{(H8689)} thy name{H8034}, and pray{H6419}{(H8694)}, and make supplication{H2603}{(H8694)} unto thee in this house{H1004}: 34 Then hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064}, and forgive{H5545}{(H8804)} the sin{H2403} of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, and bring them again{H7725}{(H8689)} unto the land{H127} which thou gavest{H5414}{(H8804)} unto their fathers{H1}. 35 When heaven{H8064} is shut up{H6113}{(H8736)}, and there is no rain{H4306}, because they have sinned{H2398}{(H8799)} against thee; if they pray{H6419}{(H8694)} toward this place{H4725}, and confess{H3034}{(H8689)} thy name{H8034}, and turn{H7725}{(H8799)} from their sin{H2403}, when thou afflictest{H6031}{(H8686)} them: 36 Then hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064}, and forgive{H5545}{(H8804)} the sin{H2403} of thy servants{H5650}, and of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, that thou teach{H3384}{(H8686)} them the good{H2896} way{H1870} wherein they should walk{H3212}{(H8799)}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} rain{H4306} upon thy land{H776}, which thou hast given{H5414}{(H8804)} to thy people{H5971} for an inheritance{H5159}. 37 If there be in the land{H776} famine{H7458}, if there be pestilence{H1698}, blasting{H7711}, mildew{H3420}, locust{H697}, or if there be caterpiller{H2625}; if their enemy{H341}{(H8802)} besiege{H6887}{(H8686)} 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}, which shall know{H3045}{(H8799)} every man{H376} the plague{H5061} of his own heart{H3824}, and spread forth{H6566}{(H8804)} his hands{H3709} toward this house{H1004}: 39 Then hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4349}, and forgive{H5545}{(H8804)}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)}, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} to every man{H376} according to his ways{H1870}, whose heart{H3824} thou knowest{H3045}{(H8799)};(for thou, even thou only, knowest{H3045}{(H8804)} the hearts{H3824} of all the children{H1121} of men{H120};) 40 That they may fear{H3372}{(H8799)} thee all the days{H3117} that they live{H2416} in{H6440} the land{H127} which thou gavest{H5414}{(H8804)} unto our fathers{H1}. 41 Moreover concerning a stranger{H5237}, that is not of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, but cometh out{H935}{(H8804)} of a far{H7350} country{H776} for{H4616} thy name's{H8034} sake; 42 (For they shall hear{H8085}{(H8799)} of thy great{H1419} name{H8034}, and of thy strong{H2389} hand{H3027}, and of thy stretched out{H5186}{(H8803)} arm{H2220};) when he shall come{H935}{(H8804)} and pray{H6419}{(H8694)} toward this house{H1004}; 43 Hear{H8085}{(H8799)} thou in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4349}, and do{H6213}{(H8804)} according to all that the stranger{H5237} calleth{H7121}{(H8799)} to thee for: that all people{H5971} of the earth{H776} may know{H3045}{(H8799)} thy name{H8034}, to fear{H3372}{(H8800)} thee, as do thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}; and that they may know{H3045}{(H8800)} that this house{H1004}, which I have builded{H1129}{(H8804)}, is called{H7121}{(H8738)} by thy name{H8034}. 44 If thy people{H5971} go out{H3318}{(H8799)} to battle{H4421} against their enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, whithersoever{H1870} thou shalt send{H7971}{(H8799)} them, and shall pray{H6419}{(H8694)} unto the LORD{H3068} toward{H1870} the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen{H977}{(H8804)}, and toward the house{H1004} that I have built{H1129}{(H8804)} for thy name{H8034}: 45 Then hear{H8085}{(H8804)} thou in heaven{H8064} their prayer{H8605} and their supplication{H8467}, and maintain{H6213}{(H8804)} their cause{H4941}. 46 If they sin{H2398}{(H8799)} against thee,(for there is no man{H120} that sinneth{H2398}{(H8799)} not,) and thou be angry{H599}{(H8804)} with them, and deliver{H5414}{(H8804)} them to the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, so that they carry them away{H7617}{(H8804)} captives{H7617}{(H8802)} unto{H6440} the land{H776} of the enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, far{H7350} or near{H7138}; 47 Yet if they shall bethink{H7725}{(H8689)} themselves in the land{H776} whither they were carried captives{H7617}{(H8738)}, and repent{H7725}{(H8804)}{H3820}, and make supplication{H2603}{(H8694)} unto thee in the land{H776} of them that carried them captives{H7617}{(H8802)}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, We have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}, and have done perversely{H5753}{(H8689)}, we have committed wickedness{H7561}{(H8804)}; 48 And so return{H7725}{(H8804)} unto thee with all their heart{H3824}, and with all their soul{H5315}, in the land{H776} of their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, which led them away captive{H7617}{(H8804)}, and pray{H6419}{(H8694)} unto thee toward{H1870} their land{H776}, which thou gavest{H5414}{(H8804)} unto their fathers{H1}, the city{H5892} which thou hast chosen{H977}{(H8804)}, and the house{H1004} which I have built{H1129}{(H8804)} for thy name{H8034}: 49 Then hear{H8085}{(H8804)} thou their prayer{H8605} and their supplication{H8467} in heaven{H8064} thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4349}, and maintain{H6213}{(H8804)} their cause{H4941}, 50 And forgive{H5545}{(H8804)} thy people{H5971} that have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against thee, and all their transgressions{H6588} wherein they have transgressed{H6586}{(H8804)} against thee, and give{H5414}{(H8804)} them compassion{H7356} before{H6440} them who carried them captive{H7617}{(H8802)}, that they may have compassion{H7355}{(H8765)} on them:
  • Heb 12:18 : 18 For{G1063} ye are{G4334} not{G3756} come{G4334}{(G5754)} unto the mount{G3735} that might be touched{G5584}{(G5746)}, and{G2532} that burned{G2545}{(G5772)} with fire{G4442}, nor{G2532} unto blackness{G1105}, and{G2532} darkness{G4655}, and{G2532} tempest{G2366},
  • Ps 18:8-9 : 8 There went up{H5927}{(H8804)} a smoke{H6227} out of his nostrils{H639}, and fire{H784} out of his mouth{H6310} devoured{H398}{(H8799)}: coals{H1513} were kindled{H1197}{(H8804)} by it. 9 He bowed{H5186}{(H8799)} the heavens{H8064} also, and came down{H3381}{(H8799)}: and darkness{H6205} was under his feet{H7272}. 10 And he rode{H7392}{(H8799)} upon a cherub{H3742}, and did fly{H5774}{(H8799)}: yea, he did fly{H1675}{(H8799)} upon the wings{H3671} of the wind{H7307}. 11 He made{H7896}{(H8799)} darkness{H2822} his secret place{H5643}; his pavilion{H5521} round about{H5439} him were dark{H2824} waters{H4325} and thick clouds{H5645} of the skies{H7834}.
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds{H6051} and darkness{H6205} are round about{H5439} him: righteousness{H6664} and judgment{H4941} are the habitation{H4349} of his throne{H3678}.
  • Nah 1:3 : 3 The LORD{H3068} is slow{H750} to anger{H639}, and great{H1419} in power{H3581}, and will not at all{H5352}{(H8763)} acquit{H5352}{(H8762)} the wicked: the LORD{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}{(H8799)} into the mount{H2022}, and a cloud{H6051} covered{H3680}{(H8762)} the mount{H2022}. 16 And the glory{H3519} of the LORD{H3068} abode{H7931}{(H8799)} upon mount{H2022} Sinai{H5514}, and the cloud{H6051} covered{H3680}{(H8762)} it six{H8337} days{H3117}: and the seventh{H7637} day{H3117} he called{H7121}{(H8799)} unto Moses{H4872} out of the midst{H8432} of the cloud{H6051}. 17 And the sight{H4758} of the glory{H3519} of the LORD{H3068} was like devouring{H398}{(H8802)} 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} went{H935}{(H8799)} into the midst{H8432} of the cloud{H6051}, and gat him up{H5927}{(H8799)} 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 the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Moses{H4872}, Speak{H1696}{(H8761)} unto Aaron{H175} thy brother{H251}, that he come{H935}{(H8799)} not at all times{H6256} into the holy{H6944} place within{H1004} the vail{H6532} before{H6440} the mercy seat{H3727}, which is upon the ark{H727}; that he die{H4191}{(H8799)} not: for I will appear{H7200}{(H8735)} in the cloud{H6051} upon the mercy{H3727} seat.
  • Deut 4:11 : 11 And ye came near{H7126}{(H8799)} and stood{H5975}{(H8799)} under the mountain{H2022}; and the mountain{H2022} burned{H1197}{(H8802)} with fire{H784} unto the midst{H3820} of heaven{H8064}, with darkness{H6205}, clouds{H6051}, and thick darkness{H2822}.