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1 Kings 8:12
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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 deep's fountains and the sky's windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
And the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the heavens was restrained.
The underground springs stopped flowing, and the clouds in the sky stopped pouring down rain.
The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky.
Also the fountains of the deep [subterranean waters] and the windows of the heavens were closed, the [pouring] rain from the sky was restrained,
Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;
The fountaines also of the deepe and the windowes of heauen were stopped and the raine from heauen was restrained,
Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained;
God stopped up the places where the water had been gushing out from under the earth. He also closed up the sky, and the rain stopped.
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.
