1 Kings 8:12 meaning and explanation

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

1 Kings 8:12, Berean Standard Bible

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Solomon speaks as the temple is newly filled with the cloud of God's presence, just after the priests brought the ark into the Most Holy Place and could not stand to minister. His declaration draws on the language of the exodus, where the LORD appeared to Moses in a thick cloud on Sinai and later led Israel as a pillar of cloud.

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