2 Chronicles 6:1

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2 Chronicles 6:1

Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

The lord

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The lord

So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.

Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.

The Lord said to Moses:“Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die; for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.

You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the very heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.

Then Solomon said,

“The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

Smoke went up out of His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled by it.

Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

The Lord is slow to anger and great in power,
And the Lord will by no means leave the guilty unpunished.
In whirlwind and storm is His way,
And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,