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Solomon Blesses the LORD

2 Chronicles 6:1

In 11 translations

BSB
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;
KJV
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
WEB
Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
ASV
Then spake Solomon, Jehovah hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
LSV
Then Solomon said, “YHWH said [He would] dwell in thick darkness,
YLT
Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah said — to dwell in thick darkness,
DBY
Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
DRC
Then Solomon said: The Lord promised that he would dwell in a cloud.
GNV
Then Salomon sayd, The Lord hath sayde that he would dwell in the darke cloude:
JPS
Then spoke Solomon: The LORD hath said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
LXXE
Then said Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אָ֖ז אָמַ֣ר שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה יְהוָ֣ה אָמַ֔ר לִשְׁכּ֖וֹן בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃
LXX-Br
Τότε εἰπε Σαλωμὼν, Κύριος εἶπε τοῦ κατασκηνῶσαι ἐν γνόφῳ,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 20:21And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
  • Psalms 18:8–11Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth. He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the…
  • Leviticus 16:2And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the…
  • Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
  • Deuteronomy 4:11You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
  • Hebrews 12:18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
  • 1 Kings 8:12–50Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.” And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king…
  • Exodus 24:15–18When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. And…
  • Psalms 97:2Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.

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