2 Samuel 7:22

Therefore you are great, Lord Yahweh, for there is no one like you, and there is no God besides you, as we have heard with our own ears.

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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

21For your word's sake, and to fulfill your own purpose, you have done this great thing and revealed it to your servant.

23What nation is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom you, God, went and rescued for yourself? You did this so that they would become a people for yourself, to make a name for yourself, and to do great and fearful deeds for your land. You drove out nations and their gods from before your people, whom you rescued from Egypt.

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Cross References

Exodus 8:6Aaron reached out with his hand over Egypt's waters, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

Exodus 15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? 1 Who is like you, majestic in holiness, 1 honored in praises, doing miracles? 1

Deuteronomy 4:35To you these things were shown, so that you might know that Yahweh is God, and that there is no one else besides him.

Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am God, 1 and that there is no god besides me; 1 I kill, and I make alive; 1 I wound, and I heal, 1 and there is no one who can save you from my might. 1

2 Samuel 22:32For who is God except Yahweh, 1 and who is a rock except our God? 1

1 Chronicles 16:25For Yahweh is great and is to be praised greatly, 1 and he is to be feared above all other gods. 1

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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