1 Kings 8:12

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1 Kings 8:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD

11 so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

12 Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

13 I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

14 And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

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Deuteronomy 4:11

You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

2 Chronicles 6:1

Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud;

2 Chronicles 6:2

and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

2 Chronicles 6:3

And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all

2 Chronicles 6:4

and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

2 Chronicles 6:5

‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

2 Chronicles 6:7

Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:8

But the LORD said to my father David, ‘Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart.

2 Chronicles 6:9

Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’

2 Chronicles 6:10

Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:11

And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”

Psalms 18:8

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

Psalms 18:9

He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.

Psalms 18:10

He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

Psalms 18:11

He made darkness His hiding place, and storm clouds a canopy around Him.

Psalms 97:2

Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.

Exodus 20:21

And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

Leviticus 16:2

And 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 mercy seat.

Deuteronomy 5:22

The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

Isaiah 45:15

Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

Hebrews 12:18

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;