2 Chronicles 2:5

But who has the ko'ach to build Him a Bais, seeing the Shomayim and Shomayim of Shomayim cannot contain Him? Who am I then, that I should build Him a Bais, except to burn sacrifices before Him?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.

In Context

4And HaBeis which I build is gadol, for gadol is Eloheinu above kol HaElohim (all the g-ds).

6Send me now therefore an ish chacham in zahav, and in kesef, and in nechoshet, and in barzel, and in purple, and in crimson, and in blue wool, and that has skill in the art of engraving to work with my chachamim in Yehudah and in Yerushalayim whom Dovid Avi did provide.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:11Mi chamochah ba'elim, Adonoi 1 (Who is like unto Thee, Hashem, among the elim)? + 15:11 g-ds 1 Who is like Thee, 1 glorious in kodesh (holiness), 1 awesome in praiseworthy acts, 1 doing wonders? 1

1 Kings 9:8And at this Beis, which is elyon, every one that passeth by it shall be appalled, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath Hashem done thus unto HaAretz Hazot, and to this Beis?

1 Chronicles 29:1Furthermore Dovid HaMelech said unto kol HaKahal, Sh'lomo beni (my son), the one Elohim hath chosen, is yet na'ar and tender, and the melachah (work, task) is gedolah; for the palace is not for adam, but for Hashem Elohim.

2 Chronicles 2:9And, hinei, I will give to thy avadim, the woodsmen that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten chittim, and twenty thousand measures of se'orim, and twenty thousand baths of yayin, and twenty thousand baths of shemen (olive oil).

2 Chronicles 29:11My banim, be not now negligent, for Hashem hath chosen you to stand before Him, to serve Him, and that ye should minister unto Him, and burn ketoret.

Psalms 135:5For I know that Hashem is gadol, 1 and that Adoneinu is above kol elohim. 1

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 →

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