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10 And when the priests came out of the holy place, a cloud[a] filled the house of the Lord, 11 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.

12 Then Solomon said,

“The Lord has set the sun in the heavens,
    but[b] has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

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Footnotes

  1. 8.10 cloud: The visible sign of the presence of Yahweh taking possession of his sanctuary; later called the shekinah by the rabbis.
  2. 1 Kings 8:12 Gk: Heb lacks has set the sun in the heavens, but

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