2 Samuel 7:22

How great you are, Lord God! 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

Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

In Context

21You're doing all this for me and you have explained it to me, your servant, because of your promise and because it's what you want to do.

23Who 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 and their gods before your people as you redeemed them from Egypt.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:6So Aaron held out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and frogs came up and covered the land.

Exodus 15:11Who is like you among the gods, Lord? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, awesome in wonder, doing miracles?

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 32:39Listen! I am the only God! There is no other God except me! I bring death, and I give life; I wound, and I heal. No one can be rescued from my power.

2 Samuel 22:32For who is God except the Lord? Who is a Rock, except our God?

1 Chronicles 16:25For the Lord is great, and deserves the best praise! He is to be respected with awe above all gods.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 7:19-29

David's Prayer for God's Blessing. ( b. c. 1042.) 18 Then went king David in, and sat before the Lord , and he said, Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God ? 20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God , knowest thy servant. 21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own… Read the whole commentary →

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