the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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1 Kings 8:12
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Then Solomon said:
Then spoke Shlomo, the LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness [of the cloud].
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then spake Salomon, The Lord said, that he woulde dwell in the darke cloude.
Then Solomon said,"Yahweh has said that He would dwell in the cloud of dense gloom.
Then Solomon prayed: "Our Lord , you said that you would live in a dark cloud.
Shlomo said, " Adonai said he would live in thick darkness.
Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then Solomon said, "The Lord caused the sun to shine in the sky, but he chose to live in a dark cloud.
Then Solomon said, O LORD, thou hast said that thou wouldst dwell in the thick darkness.
Then Solomon prayed: "You, Lord , have placed the sun in the sky, yet you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.
Then Solomon said, "Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the very thick cloud.
And Solomon said, Jehovah has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then sayde Salomon: The LORDE sayde, that he wolde dwell in a darke cloude.
Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-place was not seen by men;
Then spake Solomon: The Lorde saide that he would dwell in the darke cloude.
Then spoke Solomon: The LORD hath said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then spake Solomon; The Lord said that hee would dwell in the thicke darkenesse.
Then spake Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then Solomon said: "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
Thanne Salomon seide, The Lord seide, that he wolde dwelle in a cloude.
Then said Solomon, `Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;
Then Solomon spoke, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then spoke Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Then Solomon spoke: "The LORD said He would dwell in the dark cloud.
Then Solomon prayed, "O Lord , you have said that you would live in a thick cloud of darkness.
Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that He would live in the thick cloud.
Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
Then, said Solomon, - Yahweh, said, that he would make his habitation in thick gloom:
Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has set the sun in the heavens, but has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
Then Solomon spoke: God has told us that he lives in the dark where no one can see him; I've built this splendid Temple, O God, to mark your invisible presence forever.
Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The Lord: Deuteronomy 4:11, 2 Chronicles 6:1, 2 Chronicles 6:2-11, Psalms 18:8-11, Psalms 97:2
the thick: Exodus 20:21, Leviticus 16:2, Deuteronomy 5:22, Isaiah 45:15, Hebrews 12:18
Reciprocal: Exodus 19:9 - Lo 2 Samuel 22:10 - darkness Job 26:9 - General Ecclesiastes 12:9 - he still
Cross-References
The underground springs stopped flowing, and the clouds in the sky stopped pouring down rain.
The water that covered the earth began to go down. After one hundred fifty days it had gone down so much that the boat touched land again. It came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat on the seventeenth day of the seventh month.
The water continued to go down so that by the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains could be seen.
Forty days later Noah opened the window he had made in the boat, and
he sent out a raven. It flew here and there until the water had dried up from the earth.
Then Noah sent out a dove to find out if the water had dried up from the ground.
After seven days Noah again sent out the dove from the boat,
Wait for the Lord 's help. Be strong and brave, and wait for the Lord 's help.
I will wait for the Lord to help us, the Lord who is ashamed of the family of Israel. I will wait for him.
At that time people will say, "Our God is doing this! We have waited for him, and he has come to save us. This is the Lord . We waited for him, so we will rejoice and be happy when he saves us."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And then spake Solomon,.... Perceiving by this symbol that the Lord was come into his house, to take up his dwelling in it, and seeing the priests and people in consternation at it, spake the following words to their comfort:
the Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness; and now was fulfilling his promise, and therefore to be considered not as a token of his displeasure, but of his gracious presence; this was done for the greater awe of the divine Majesty, and to denote the darkness of the former dispensation; reference may be had to Leviticus 16:2 or rather this was now said by the Lord, that is, it appeared to be his resolution and determination to dwell in this manner; the Targum is,
"the Lord is pleased to cause his Shechinah or divine Majesty to dwell in Jerusalem,''
in the temple there. This was imitated by the Heathens; hence the Lacedemonians had a temple dedicated to Jupiter Scotitas, or the dark, as Pausanias u relates; and the Indian Pagans to this day affect darkness in their temples, and are very careful that no light enter into them but by the door, which is commonly strait and low, and by little crevices in the windows w.
u Laconica, sive, I. 3. p. 178. w Agreement of Customs between the East-Indians and Jews, art. 5. p. 35.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Rather, “The Lord spake of dwelling in the thick darkness” (margin reference). Solomon sees in the cloud the visible symbol of God’s presence, and accepts the token as a proof that He has taken possession of the house built for Him, and will thenceforth dwell there 1 Kings 8:13.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Kings 8:12. The Lord said - he would dwell — It was under the appearance of a cloud that God showed himself present with Israel in the wilderness; see Exodus 14:19-20. And at the dedication of the tabernacle in the wilderness, God manifested himself in the same way that he did here at the dedication of the temple; see Exodus 40:34-35.
