SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:12
¶ Entonces dijo Salomón: El SEÑOR ha dicho que él habitaría en la oscuridad (de la nube de su tabernáculo ).
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:12
Verse 12. The Lord said-he would dwell] It was under the appearance of a cloud that God showed himself present with Israel in the wilderness; see Exod. xiv. 19, 20. And at the dedication of the tabernacle in the wilderness, God manifested himself in the same way that he did here at the dedication of the temple; see Exod. xl. 34, 35.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 12. And then spake Solomon , etc.] Perceiving by this symbol that the Lord was come into his house, to take up his dwelling in it, and seeing the priests and people in consternation at it, spake the following words to their comfort: the Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness ; and now was fulfilling his promise, and therefore to be considered not as a token of his displeasure, but of his gracious presence; this was done for the greater awe of the divine Majesty, and to denote the darkness of the former dispensation; reference may be had to ( Leviticus 16:2) or rather this was now said by the Lord, that is, it appeared to be his resolution and determination to dwell in this manner; the Targum is, “the Lord is pleased to cause his Shechinah or divine Majesty to dwell in Jerusalem,” in the temple there. This was imitated by the Heathens; hence the Lacedemonians had a temple dedicated to Jupiter Scotitas, or the dark, as Pausanias relates; and the Indian Pagans to this day affect darkness in their temples, and are very careful that no light enter into them but by the door, which is commonly strait and low, and by little crevices in the windows f146 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 12-21 - Solomon encouraged the priests, who were much astonished at the dar cloud. The dark dispensations of Providence should quicken us in fleeing for refuge to the hope of the gospel. Nothing can mor 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 loo on it as the performance of God's promise to us, not of our promises to him.
Original Hebrew
אז 227 אמר 559 שׁלמה 8010 יהוה 3068 אמר 559 לשׁכן 7931 בערפל׃ 6205
