And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of the heavens, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

Then Solomon spoke: Jehovah has said He would dwell in the dark cloud.

I have built You an exalted house, and a place for You to dwell always.

And he said: Blessed is Jehovah the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His hands what He has spoken with His mouth to my father David, saying,

Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there; and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.

But Jehovah said to my father David, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well in that it was in your heart.

Thus Jehovah has fulfilled His word which He has spoken, and I have risen up in place of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah has spoken; and I have built the house for the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

Smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled by it.

And He rode upon a cherub, and soared; yea, He flew swiftly upon the wings of the wind.

Clouds and darkness are round about Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

And the people stood at a distance, and Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

and Jehovah said to Moses: Speak to Aaron your brother that he not come at all times into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, that he not die; for I will appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

These words Jehovah has spoken to all your assembly, on the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He has added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

Truly You are a Mighty God who hides Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest,