1 Chronicles 17:20

Lord, there really is no one like you; there is no other God, only you. We have never heard about anyone else.

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In The King James Version

O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

In Context

19Lord, you're doing all this for me, your servant, and because it's what you want—doing all these amazing things and letting people know about them.

21Who else is as fortunate as your people Israel? Who else on earth did God go and redeem to make his own people? You gained a wonderful reputation for yourself by all the tremendous, amazing things you did in driving out other nations before your people as you redeemed them from Egypt.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:11This is so convincing to me that the Lord is greater than all other gods, for he saved the people from the Egyptians when they acted so arrogantly towards the Israelites.”

Deuteronomy 4:35You were shown all this so you could be certain that the Lord is God and there is no one like him.

Deuteronomy 33:26There is no one like the God of Israel, who rides across the heavens to come to help you; who rides the clouds in majesty.

Psalms 44:1God, we have heard with our own ears—our forefathers have told us—all you did in their times, long ago.

Psalms 86:8There's no one like you among the “gods,” Lord. No one can do the things you do.

Psalms 89:8Lord God Almighty, who is as powerful as you? In all this, Lord, you are completely trustworthy.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 17:17-27

David's Grateful Acknowledgment. ( b. c. 1042.) 16 And David the king came and sat before the Lord , and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God. 18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 19 O Lord ,… Read the whole commentary →

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