1Ki 8:12
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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Clouds and darkness {are} round about him: righteousness and judgment {are} the habitation of his throne. {habitation: or, establishment}
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy {place} within the vail before the mercy seat, which {is} upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
Verily thou {art} a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God {was}.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. {out of his nostrils: Heb. by his, etc}
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. {midst: Heb. heart}
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God {was}.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness {was} under his feet.
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
He holdeth back the face of his throne, {and} spreadeth his cloud upon it.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, {and} set in order many proverbs. {moreover...: or, the more wise the preacher was, etc}