Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
Ver. 12. The Lord hath said that he would dwell.] Lev 16:1-2 Psalms 18:11,12 ; Psa 97:2 He hath said it, and he hath often done it, for man's sake, who can far less look upon God in his excellency, than he can upon the sun in rota, in the circle wherein it runneth. These words therefore Solomon uttereth in the rapture of his joy for that glorious sight of God which he beheld from the brazen scaffold that was built for him in the outward court. 2Ch 6:13