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2 Chronicles 6

2 Chron. 6:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thenm said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
Solomon
Shlomoh (Hebrew #8010)
peaceful; Shelomah, David's successor
KJV usage: Solomon.
Pronounce: shel-o-mo'
Origin: from 7965
, The Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hath said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
that he would dwell
shakan (Hebrew #7931)
to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: abide, continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-er), have habitation, inhabit, lay, place, (cause to) remain, rest, set (up).
Pronounce: shaw-kan'
Origin: a primitive root (apparently akin (by transmission) to 7901 through the idea of lodging; compare 5531, 7925)
in the thick darkness
`araphel (Hebrew #6205)
gloom (as of a lowering sky)
KJV usage: (gross, thick) dark (cloud, -ness).
Pronounce: ar-aw-fel'
Origin: probably from 6201
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1 Kings 8:12• 12Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. (1 Kings 8:12)
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Lev. 16:2• 2And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. (Lev. 16:2)
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Psa. 18:11• 11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. (Psa. 18:11)
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Nah. 1:3• 3The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (Nah. 1:3)
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Heb. 12:18• 18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, (Heb. 12:18)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-11:  Solomon, having blessed the people, blesses God.
12-42:  Solomon's prayer in the consecration of the temple, upon the brasen scaffold, etc.
The Lord.
Ex. 20:21• 21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. (Ex. 20:21)
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Ex. 24:15‑18• 15And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
 16And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
 17And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
 18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. (Ex. 24:15‑18)
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Lev. 16:2• 2And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. (Lev. 16:2)
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Deut. 4:11• 11And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. (Deut. 4:11)
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1 Kings 8:12‑21• 12Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
 13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
 14And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
 15And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,
 16Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
 17And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
 18And the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
 19Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
 20And the Lord hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built an house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
 21And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. (1 Kings 8:12‑21)
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Psa. 18:8‑11• 8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
 9He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
 10And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
 11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. (Psa. 18:8‑11)
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Psa. 97:2• 2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. (Psa. 97:2)
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Nah. 1:3• 3The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. (Nah. 1:3)
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Heb. 12:18• 18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, (Heb. 12:18)
• Not a single detail is given us about the exercise of his wisdom, whether in discerning evil, whether in judging, or whether in teaching that which is good by his words and writings (see 1 Kings 3:16-28; 4:29-34). Solomon is set before our eyes on his throne, in a posture, so to say, unchangeable; peace reigns, the counsels of God concerning His King are fulfilled, and this King Himself is God. (“Solomon - The Temple: 2 Chronicles 3-5” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.