2 Chronicles 2:5
And the house which I am building is to be great: for the Lord our God is great beyond all gods.
LXX2012 (US English)
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 to you among the gods, O Lord? who is like to you? glorified in holiness, marvelous in glories, doing wonders.
1 Kings 9:8And this house, which is high, shall be so that every one that passes + 9:8 Gr. through it. by it shall be amazed, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Therefore has the Lord done thus to this land, and to this house?
1 Chronicles 29:1And David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom the Lord has chosen, is young and tender, and the work is great; for it is not for man, but for the Lord God.
2 Chronicles 2:9to prepare timber for me in abundance: for the house which I am building must be great and glorious.
2 Chronicles 29:11And now be not lacking to your duty, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him to minister, and to be ministers and burners of incense to him.
Psalms 135:5To him who made the heavens by understanding; for his mercy endures for ever. 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 →