New King James Version
2 Chronicles 2:5
5And the temple which I 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The house that I am to 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
3Then Solomon sent to Hiram king of Tyre, saying: As you have dealt with David my father, and sent him cedars to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me. 4Behold, I am building a temple for the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to Him, to burn before Him sweet incense, for the continual showbread, for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the New Moons, and on the set feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel. And the temple which I build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. 6But who is able to build Him a temple, since heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Him? Who am I then, that I should build Him a temple, except to burn sacrifice before Him? 7Therefore send me at once a man skillful to work in gold and silver, in bronze and iron, in purple and crimson and blue, who has skill to engrave with the skillful men 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 temple which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.
- 1 Kings 9:8And as for this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and will hiss, and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’
- 1 Chronicles 29:1Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced; and the work is great, because the temple is not for man but for the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 7:20‘As for the beauty of his ornaments, He set it in majesty; But they made from it The images of their abominations— Their detestable things; Therefore I have made it Like refuse to them.
- Exodus 15:11“Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- 1 Chronicles 16:25For the Lord is great and greatly to be praised; He is also to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 86:8Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord; Nor are there any works like Your works.
- Psalms 135:5For I know that the Lord is great, And our Lord is above all gods.
- Psalms 145:3Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable.
- Jeremiah 10:6Inasmuch as there is none like You, O Lord (You are great, and Your name is great in might),
- 1 Timothy 6:15which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, 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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