1 Kings 8:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Psalm 97:2

Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Leviticus 16:2

The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to come just at any time into the sanctuary inside the curtain before the cover that is upon the ark, or he will die, for I appear in the cloud upon the cover.

Isaiah 45:15

Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

Hebrews 12:18

You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,

Deuteronomy 5:22

“These words the Lord spoke with a loud voice to your whole assembly at the mountain, out of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, and he added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 4:11

you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain while the mountain was blazing up to the very heavens, shrouded in dark clouds.

Exodus 20:21

Then the people stood at a distance, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

2 Samuel 22:10

He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

1 Kings 8:11

so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

Nehemiah 8:5

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people, and when he opened it, all the people stood up.