2 Chronicles 2:5
And the house that I am building [is] great, for our God [is] greater than all gods;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:11Who [is] like You among the gods, O YHWH? Who [is] like You—honorable in holiness—Fearful in praises—doing wonders?
1 Kings 9:8as for this house [that] is high, everyone passing by it is astonished, and has hissed, and they have said, Why has YHWH done this to this land and to this house?
1 Chronicles 29:1And David the king says to all the assembly, “My son Solomon—the one on whom God has fixed—[is] young and tender, and the work [is] great, for the palace is not for man, but for YHWH God;
2 Chronicles 2:9even to prepare trees in abundance for me, for the house that I am building [is] great and wonderful.
2 Chronicles 29:11My sons, do not be at rest now, for YHWH has fixed on you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and to be ministering and making incense to Him.”
Psalms 135:5For I have known that YHWH [is] great, || Indeed, our Lord [is] above all gods.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 2:2-11
Preparations to Build the Temple. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 And Solomon determined to build a house for the name of the Lord , and a house for his kingdom. 2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. 3 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him a house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. 4 Behold, I build a… Read the whole commentary →