1 Kings 8:12

New English Translation

Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:10

He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet.

1 Kings 8:11

The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord’s glory filled his temple.

Nehemiah 8:5

Ezra opened the book in plain view of all the people, for he was elevated above all the people. When he opened the book, all the people stood up.

Psalm 97:2

Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Exodus 20:21

The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

Isaiah 45:15

Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer!

Leviticus 16:2

and the Lord said to Moses: “Tell Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil-canopy in front of the atonement plate that is on the ark so that he may not die, for I will appear in the cloud over the atonement plate.

Deuteronomy 4:11

You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.

Deuteronomy 5:22

The Lord said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. Then he inscribed the words on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

Hebrews 12:18

For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind