English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 2:5
5The house that I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
2 Chronicles 2:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
- New International Version (NIV)“The temple I am going to build will be great, because our God is greater than all other gods.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the temple which I build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“This must be a magnificent Temple because our God is greater than all other gods.
Context of 2 Chronicles 2:5
3And Solomon sent word to Hiram the king of Tyre: "As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me. 4Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God and dedicate it to him for the burning of incense of sweet spices before him, and for the regular arrangement of the showbread, and for burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained forever for Israel. The house that I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. 6But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him? 7So now send me a man skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, trained also in engraving, to be with the skilled workers who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 22 Chronicles 2:5 word by word
וְהַבַּ֛יִת אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י בוֹנֶ֖ה גָּד֑וֹל כִּֽי־גָד֥וֹל אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ מִכָּל־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 2:5
- 2 Chronicles 2:9to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful.
- 1 Kings 9:8And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, 'Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?'
- 1 Chronicles 29:1And David the king said to all the assembly, "Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great, for the palace will not be for man but for the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 7:20His beautiful ornament they used for pride, and they made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore I make it an unclean thing to them.
- Exodus 15:11"Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
- 1 Chronicles 16:25For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 86:8There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.
- Psalms 135:5For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
- Psalms 145:3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
- Jeremiah 10:6There is none like you, O Lord; you are great, and your name is great in might.
- 1 Timothy 6:15which he will display at the proper time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 2:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5See 1 Kings 6:2 note. In Jewish eyes, at the time that the temple was built, it may have been “great,” that is to say, it may have exceeded the dimensions of any single separate building existing in Palestine up to the time of its erection. Great is our God - This may seem inappropriate as addressed to a pagan king. But it appears 2 Chronicles 2:11-12 that Hiram acknowledged Yahweh as the supreme deity, probably identifying Him with his own Melkarth.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6The house...will be great: The temple's greatness and God's greatness are different. Even the highest heavens cannot contain God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. Solomon sent to Huram--The correspondence was probably conducted on both sides in writing (2Ch 2:11; also see on 1Ki 5:8). As thou didst deal with David my father--This would seem decisive of the question whether the Huram then reigning in Tyre was David's friend (see on 1Ki 5:1-6). In opening the business, Solomon grounded his request for Tyrian aid on two reasons: 1. The temple he proposed to build must be a solid and permanent building because the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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