12 Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;
12 Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
12 Then Solomon said, "The Lord
12 Then Solomon spoke: God has told us that he lives in the dark where no one can see him;
12 Then Solomon spoke: "The Lord said He would dwell in the dark cloud.
12 Then Solomon prayed, "O Lord, you have said that you would live in a thick cloud of darkness.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Kings 8:12
Commentary on 1 Kings 8:12-21
(Read 1 Kings 8:12-21)
Solomon encouraged the priests, who were much astonished at the dark cloud. The dark dispensations of Providence should quicken us in fleeing for refuge to the hope of the gospel. Nothing can more reconcile us to them, than to consider what God has said, and to compare his word and works together. Whatever good we do, we must look on it as the performance of God's promise to us, not of our promises to him.