1 Kings 8:15

Contextual Overview

¹²Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; ¹² Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; ¹²Then Solomon said,"Yahweh has said that He would dwell in the cloud of dense gloom. ¹² Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. ¹² Then spake Solomon: The Lorde saide that he would dwell in the darke cloude. ¹² And Solomon said, Jehovah has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness. ¹² Then Solomon said, "The Lord caused the sun to shine in the sky, but he chose to live in a dark cloud. ¹² Then Solomon said, "The LORD has set the sun in the heavens, but has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. ¹² Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. ¹² Then spake Solomon; The Lord said that hee would dwell in the thicke darkenesse.

Bible Verse Review
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Blessed: 1 Chronicles 29:10, 1 Chronicles 29:20, 2 Chronicles 6:4, 2 Chronicles 20:26, Nehemiah 9:5, Psalms 41:13, Psalms 72:18, Psalms 72:19, Psalms 115:18, Psalms 117:1, Psalms 117:2, Luke 1:68, Ephesians 1:3, 1 Peter 1:3

which spake: 2 Samuel 7:5, 2 Samuel 7:25, 2 Samuel 7:28, 2 Samuel 7:29, 1 Chronicles 17:12, Isaiah 1:20, Luke 1:70

hath: Joshua 21:45, Joshua 23:15, Joshua 23:16, Psalms 138:2, Matthew 24:35, Luke 1:54, Luke 1:55, Luke 1:72

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:10 - General Deuteronomy 9:29 - Yet they 1 Kings 8:20 - hath performed 1 Kings 8:24 - thou spakest 1 Kings 8:56 - Blessed be 1 Kings 9:5 - I will establish 1 Chronicles 16:4 - the Lord God 1 Chronicles 16:36 - Blessed 2 Chronicles 31:8 - blessed Isaiah 42:9 - the former Matthew 1:22 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, blessed be the Lord God of Israel,.... All praise and glory, honour and blessing, be ascribed to the Lord; who had afresh shown himself to be Israel's covenant God, by taking up his residence among them in the temple he had filled with his glory:

which spake with his mouth to David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it; who graciously promised him he should have a son that should build an house for him, and which he had by his power and providence faithfully performed; or rather which spake concerning David, so Noldius x; for God did not speak with his mouth to David, but to Nathan, of him: saying; as follows.

x Ebr. Concord. Part. p. 117. No. 596. So Sept.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The exact words of 2 Samuel 7:0 are not reproduced; only their general sense is given. In 1 Kings 8:18, what was merely tacitly implied was regarded as actually “said.”