2 Chronicles 2:5 KJV — MannaFest

2 Chronicles 2:5

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

The house that I am building will be great, for our God is greater than all gods.

YLT

`And the house that I am building is great, for greater is our God than all gods;

DBT

And the house that I will build is great; for great is ourGod above allgods.

About this book

Old Testament

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2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.

Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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Cross-references

20 verses on the floor

Acts 7:48
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Exodus 18:11
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
1 Chronicles 16:25
For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Psalms 135:5
For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

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 worship was to be continued in perpetuity; and therefore the building materials must be of the most durable quality.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H1129376× in canon

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

2CH 2:5EXO 15:11 1KI 8:23
2CH 2:5EXO 15:11 PSA 89:5-8
2CH 2:5EXO 15:11 1SA 2:2
2CH 2:5EXO 15:11 2SA 7:22
2CH 2:5EXO 15:11 REV 4:8
2CH 2:5JER 10:6 EXO 15:11
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2CH 2:5JER 10:6 PSA 48:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2CH 2:5JER 10:6 PSA 96:4

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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