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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• 12{i}Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.{/i} (1 Kings 8:12)
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Lev. 16:2• 2and Jehovah said to Moses, Speak to Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the sanctuary within the veil 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 maketh darkness his covering,{HR}His tent round about him,{HR}Darkness of waters,{HR}Thick clouds of the skies. (Psa. 18:11)
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Nah. 1:3• 3Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: Jehovah 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 have not approached to a palpable thing and all aglow with fire, and to obscurity and gloom and tempest, (Heb. 12:18)

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Darkness,
Solomon

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• 21{i}And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the obscurity where God was.{/i} (Ex. 20:21)
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Ex. 24:15‑18• 15{i}And Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.{/i}
 16{i}And the glory of Jehovah abode on mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days; and on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.{/i}
 17{i}And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel.{/i}
 18{i}And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and ascended the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.{/i} (Ex. 24:15‑18)
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Lev. 16:2• 2and Jehovah said to Moses, Speak to Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the sanctuary within the veil 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• 11Ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire in the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. (Deut. 4:11)
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1 Kings 8:12‑21• 12{i}Then said Solomon: Jehovah said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.{/i}
 13{i}I have indeed built a house of habitation for thee, a settled place for thee to abide in forever.{/i}
 14{i}And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel; and the whole congregation of Israel stood.{/i}
 15{i}And he said: Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,{/i}
 16{i}Since 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 a house in, that my name might be there; but I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.{/i}
 17{i}And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.{/i}
 18{i}But Jehovah said to David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart;{/i}
 19{i}nevertheless 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.{/i}
 20{i}And Jehovah has performed his word which he spoke; and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah promised, and I have built the house unto the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.{/i}
 21{i}And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.{/i} (1 Kings 8:12‑21)
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Psa. 18:8‑11• 8There went up a smoke in his anger,{HR}And fire from his mouth devoureth;{HR}Coals were kindled by it.
 9And he boweth the heavens and cometh down,{HR}And darkness [is] under his feet.
 10And he rideth upon a cherub and flieth,{HR}Yea, he flieth upon the wings of the wind.
 11He maketh darkness his covering,{HR}His tent round about him,{HR}Darkness of waters,{HR}Thick clouds of the skies. (Psa. 18:8‑11)
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Psa. 97:2• 2Cloud and darkness [are] around him,{HR}Righteousness and judgment the foundation of his throne. (Psa. 97:2)
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Nah. 1:3• 3Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: Jehovah 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 have not approached to a palpable thing and all aglow with fire, and to obscurity and gloom 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)