2 Chronicles 6:1

Then said R.V. Then spake (as 1 Kin.). Thenrefers to the moment when Solomon perceived that the cloud had filled the House.

thathe would dwell in the thick darkness No Divine declaration corresponding verbally with this occurs in the O.T., but cp. Exodus 20:21, Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was, and ib.Exodus 19:9, the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud. Solomon accepts the coming of the thick darkness as a sign of God's entrance into the Temple.